Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2010-12-12 02:55
Oboes sometimes are in situations where they get very cold -- like, when they are being shipped to/from repair, whether by plane or by truck. If for some reason your oboe gets quite cold, just don't play it until it has had at least a half-hour to come back to room temperature.
Heat would be a worse enemy. I wouldn't leave it in a hot car, for sure.
But as far as leaving it in the car goes, just let me say that I have heard too, too many sad stories about oboes (and other instruments) disappearing from locked cars and other apparently safe places.
And I have heard WAY too many stories about oboes being knocked over, stepped on, dropped from an unlatched case, and so forth.
I actually witnessed a high-end flute get accidentally kicked off a stage apron where it had been momentarily laid, and into the orchestra pit, where it landed, smack in its middle, on the top edge a Manhasset.
And I therefore have resolved that there are only two places in the world appropriate for my instruments: in my house, or in my hand. No middle ground. If the instrument is not in my house, it is in my hand. Period.
And even that is not perfectly safe, but it obviates a lot of the more common risks.
Susan
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