 The Oboe BBoard
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-12-12 11:00
Anywhere that's not at a comfortable temperature or safe situation for you isn't comfortable for your oboe.
Just last week I had a clarinet come to me for a tenon ring to be fitted as he sanded the end of the tenon down so the middle joint rocks excessively. The owner has already been given some stern advice by me before about how to look after it (it's a 1978 Selmer 10S which I recently overhauled), though when he brought it to me and opened the case I could see the keywork was all misted up. Then I wiped one of the keys and it was freezing - he'd been leaving it locked in his car in between lessons and we just had a sudden cold snap with temperatures down to -2 or thereabouts and enough snow to bring a lot of the country to a standstill (as we're never prepared for that here). So yet again I've had to lecture him about this - admittedly he's new to playing clarinet and is glad I've had to advise him about general maintenance which he does take on board, though what is common sense to me isn't always common sense to anyone who hasn't played a clarinet before. He looked after it in a similar way as he looked after his rifle, so while that may be fine for rifles, it isn't fine for woodwind instruments - metal, plastic, ebonite or wooden bodied.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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plclemo |
2010-12-11 19:46 |
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Oboe Craig |
2010-12-11 21:04 |
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ohsuzan |
2010-12-12 02:55 |
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Re: Caring for your oboe temperature-wise new |
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Chris P |
2010-12-12 11:00 |
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mjfoboe |
2010-12-12 14:53 |
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GoodWinds |
2010-12-13 00:14 |
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kimber |
2010-12-13 17:57 |
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Old Oboe |
2010-12-14 13:48 |
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RobinDesHautbois |
2010-12-21 16:06 |
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