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Re: Kohlert and Sons Oboe

Author: razafu
Date: 2008-07-28 20:47

Excellent points, taken to heart, especially in light of my first practice session yesterday on the Linton modern oboe I'm renting--the first time I've held an oboe in 20+ years.

I like to think that I was fairly proficient back in 1984 when I was playing christmas concerts and ensembles, but the honking I managed to honk out yesterday was very discouraging. I scared away all the birds in the neighborhood.

But I did manage a fair chromatic scale. It was difficult, and the variety of tones and sharpness and flatness I could conjure up varied from lovely to scary.

The oboe is a cruel mistress, and very unforgiving if you haven't courted her for twenty years.

The main reason I wanted the old Kohlert restored was that it appeared to be a vintage instrument with possibilities.

I played vintage instruments back in the 80s (both English Horn and Oboe) and the timbre to me (is timbre the right word?) of those horns was much darker, more haunting, compared to modern day instruments.

This Linton I'm using now seems very shrill and metallic; indeed all modern oboes to me have a shrill, sharp, almost metallic sound that I don't like. And too many keys!! :-)

It may be that this Kohlert horn is really "tuned" (or bored / keyed / etc.) to 440. There were Kohlerts made for the American market.

We just don't know yet--that was just an offhand comment of a clarinet player (pshaw! What does HE know!! :-) so I'm still taking that with a grain of salt.

It may be that it is bored to 440. We shall see.

Well, thanks again for you comments, and thanks for the forums!

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