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Re: Instrument intonation question

Author: CherylS
Date: 2008-12-01 02:34

Thanks for the information provided.

The oboe is a Patricola Evolution in rosewood. It looks great and sounds very, very nice. Before I had this oboe I was learning on a Yamaha 441. The Patricola has a better tone and overall is better in tune.

Regarding reeds I have had the Patricola since July so I'm not using any reeds that old. I have noticed the intonation errors both on reeds I have bought as well as reeds I have made. My teacher also played it with her reed and sees the same error with the same notes.

She said it could possibly be adjusted by a good technician and suggested several names. The one I recognized is Nora Post. However she also said she didn't think I needed to have it checked. But given that I can hear some of the differences I think it best to have it fixed so I don't start learning pitches that are in error. My sense if intonation is not good enough to detect that some notes, like the top space e, are sharp when they are always sharp. But I do hear the difference in my playing between the forked f and the regular f when I use both fingerings.

Drew asked my Yamaha was perhaps flat on the e and I am lipping it up and the answer is I don't know. I am using a tuner to check the tune. And regarding the forked f I have not tried using the e flat key. I'll give that a try and see what difference it makes. Obviously the instrument has a forked f vent.

Thanks again.

Cheryl

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