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Re: 'Bubbling' notes

Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-06-05 14:12

Possibly too late on my response to be of help to you, Rachel, but my take is that you've got water somewhere, and it may prove difficult to find exactly where.

Hopefully, the overnight rest has cured the problem. I find that is often the case with my oboes. The other thing that helps quite a bit is to prop open the top octave key (put a piece of folded up cigarette paper underneath the little arm which supports the pad). Leave it that way in the case overnight. I also do the same thing with the arm that controls the two upper joint vent keys-- just put a piece of folded-up cig paper under it, so that all the keys on the front of the top joint stay open. During particularly humid seasons (as in, now), I do this literally every time I put the instrument away, and it saves me a whole lot of playing grief!

If the problem persists, you may want to have a good oboe tech look over your instrument. You may have a small leak somewhere (in the tone hole inserts, for example), and the water WILL flow to that leak! (Kudos to Bruce McCall in Knoxville for finding one of those in my Covey!)

Susan

Post Edited (2011-06-05 14:15)

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