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Robo-Oboe?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-12-27 00:13

As I've only recently found out about Toyota's robot trumpet player http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7KZVJG-VU&feature=related I wonder how long it'll be before they have a robo-oboist?

I'm very impressed with them - half-valving, lip bending and the high notes are something I'd never have expected in a million years, and I honestly didn't think android brass players would have ever been a possibility.

Obviously a good synthetic double reed will have to be developed before it can go near one, so maybe sax playing robots will be the first step towards reaching this goal.

And would robo-oboists have synthetic reed paranoia (in the way androids dream of electric sheep)?

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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