Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-09-15 17:05
ruben wrote:
> I remember the bassoonists of
> the Philadelphia Orchestra and its oboists when there was still
> such a thing as the "Philadelphia school" of playing, also
> played very soft reeds (Tabuteau, de Lancie, Garfield, etc.).
Gigliotti, who was certainly of the "Philadelphia school" of sound concept, played on VD #5. When they were for a short time unavailable, he played on Lurie #5.5. When V.12s first appeared, he played #4.5 when I was still in touch, although someone recently told me he later switched to #5 V.12s. The sound he got from them, which was in some ways the antithesis of the round "dark" sound that has become popular, resulted from his approach to embouchure, the mouthpieces he used and the way he adjusted the reeds.
But, once again, reeds have changed and the numbering systems used today by the myriad manufacturers don't necessarily line up. And of course most oboists and bassoonists back in the days you're recalling (I think it's still true today) made their own reeds, so I'm not sure how you'd quantify how "hard" their reeds were. They needed to sound resonant and articulate cleanly.
Karl
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