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Re: Rigoutat Riec

Author: cowtime
Date: 2008-04-25 02:41

Well..... I got home from work to find my package had arrived. The problem was I had only 40 minutes to eat and get to our community orchestra practice- (I currently play timpani). I had just a few minutes to open them up, play a bit on each and then off to practice. My initial, uneducated impression? The Fox was great but the Delphine felt much better in my hands and was "sweeter/ more mellow" in sound to my ear. They both were a thousand times easier to play than my old "beater".

Luckily my teacher plays oboe with our group so she ran both through their paces before practice. She clipped on her tuner and both played fine through the scale. She did comment that "C" is often a problem and that was ok on both. Then, instead of playing her own Loree, she played about half the practice on the Delphine then switched to the 330. She played it through only a couple of tunes then finished rehearsal on her own oboe. After practice she said though they were both fine on the scales, when she actually "played" them the Delphine was more responsive for her, that the Fox didn't always do what she asked. Her vote is for the Delphine.

Tomorrow evening I'll be able to have time to spend with them both.

quote"As I understand it, the Fox 330 is considered a very good intermediate instrument whereas the the Rigoutat Delphine is a beginners model, so I imagine there will be a difference. "unquote"

Actually I don't think there's much difference in keywork. There is no gillet key, and there's only one RH key on the upper joint(sorry I don't know what that is yet), but it does have a Bb resonance which the Fox lacks. There is a definite difference in sound.

I too questioned the "beginners" tag on the Delphine but have been assured that it will suit my purposes as well as the 330. So I guess I'll just have to play them more tomorrow and maybe by then I'll know which one I want...

Now a question for you stevensfo since you have a Fox and now a RIEC- do you hear a big difference in the sound produced or the feel of the keys?

Post Edited (2008-04-25 02:42)

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