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Re: F keys

Author: oboeblank
Date: 2004-12-23 16:40

If your oboe is in proper adjustment then you should never had to use you E flat key when playing forked F. I assume that because you have a left F on you oboe that you also have a forked F resonance or vent. Check and make sure that it is in proper adjustment. It is true that forked F has a very unpleasant tone, it is useful in some situations, when there is a change of colour needed, or if you need to be very flat in a piano chord.
I do really love the centered quality of regular F, but it often 'roars' on most oboes and is a little high. Hans Moennig would often slip a very tiny piece of cork on the left F lever so the f doesn't open up so much. I did this on my one Loree AK that had a roaring F and it helped so much. Now the pitch is very solid, the tone doesn't roar out and more importantly the interval from E to F is a semitone, and not something wider.
A great oboe player commented in a masterclass in this very subject (regular F and it's sharpness in pitch): "Don't let the tone win over basic, fundametal musical turths. There is no surer way for the panel to spot an amateur than letting your instrument rule the day!"

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