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Re: Technical Problems Possibly Mechanical

Author: jhoyla
Date: 2008-07-09 05:21
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Vboboe is probably right on the mark regarding the "A". Water problems are the most likely culprit. You can remove the octave key and clean out the octave vent gently with a pin to make sure it is not gunked up. The next phase would be to remove and clean the whole octave vent, but you need special tools for this.

How do you dry your top-joint - with a pull, or with a pipe cleaner? Do you pull all the way through, or at least, get the pull/pipe-cleaner to poke all the way through the reed-well? If your pipe-cleaner only goes part of the way up, you could be pushing all of the accumulated gunk up to the octave hole! Get a pull that goes all the way through easily.

When I got my new Loree (about 2 years ago, now), I also found the screws were almost too tight to move. This also surprised my repairman (probably the best oboe repairman in the country) over a year later.

I must re-iterate Bobo's words: NEVER try adjusting the screws on your Loree with the totally-useless piece of rubbish screwdriver that came in the case. INVEST in a top-quality, machined and tempered-steel double-concave screwdriver, that fits so snugly in the screw head that it won't fall out if held horizontally (see attached picture).

As you use your instrument, the varying pressures of your fingers on the keys will cause the corked beds of the adjustment screws to change shape slightly, so OF COURSE the screws will need minute adjustments from time to time; certainly during the first 18 months or so. This is undoubtedly the cause of the false notes you are experiencing.

Regarding the forked-F. for this to sound correctly, your RH ring-finger MUST be fully closing the small key between the RH 1st and 2nd fingers; if not, you'll get that woolly sound. Test for this by gently pressing it down with your 2nd finger while playing forked-F. If the sound improves when you press it, you've found your culprit. If so, there are THREE screws that need adjusting perfectly so that all the combinations of D, E, F, Forked F and all the notes below that, sound correctly. If you don't know how to do this, go to a repairman or professional oboist.

J.

Post Edited (2008-07-09 05:57)

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