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 Re: Difficulty w/ low notes and notes an octave above...
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2008-12-13 19:13

Check the top joint is airtight - close the holes with your LH fingers (lick them first so they seal the holes) and block the tenon with any RH finger (lick that one as well to make a good seal) and suck the air from the reed socket.

You should be able to create a vacuum that holds for around 10 seconds and goes 'pop' when you take your finger off the tenon or pull the socket away from your lip or tongue.

If it's less than 2 seconds, try it again as you may not have sealed the holes up, but if you have and there's hardly any suction, there's a leak somewhere - could be a pad or some pads aren't seating well, small imperfections in the tonehole bedplaces, air leaking through the perforated pads and out through the sides of the pad cups, split pads, leaking 8ve inserts, leaking reed socket, porous wood (air can leak through the joint and out through pillar holes), split G# tonehole leaking through to the tenon shoulder, split between trill toneholes, etc...

Is this oboe a new or used one?

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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Ashley91489 2008-12-13 18:05 
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Chris P 2008-12-13 18:10 
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Ashley91489 2008-12-13 18:41 
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Chris P 2008-12-13 19:13 
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Ashley91489 2008-12-13 19:17 
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Chris P 2008-12-13 19:25 
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vboboe 2008-12-13 21:45 
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doublereeder2 2008-12-14 03:04 
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johnt 2008-12-14 17:11 
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Ashley91489 2008-12-14 19:51 
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Chris P 2008-12-14 20:14 
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johnt 2008-12-14 23:11 


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