Author: jeremyreeds
Date: 2011-07-09 03:53
Kevin, you are welcome.
Indeed maintainance, in every respect, is very important. If the problem persists, a little "adjustment" that you could make, an ergonomic adjustment or "customization" of your oboe, would be to raise the (heigth of the) E key by about 1 mm. Normally a big job not worth the cost but that could be made very economically by glueing (with contact cement) a 1mm thick piece of cork of about the same circunference (diameter) as the E key (plateau) to which a little hole has been cut in the center (of a little bigger diameter than the venting hole in the E key). This would raise your right hand middle finger (RH2) enough to clear the c-d trill key (touch), avoiding the problem that you had described before. The advantage of cork and contact cement is (1) you can easily remove it when you want to sell your instrument, (2) you can easily change it for a thinner or thicker one if needed. Disadvantage: cosmetics.
In any case I am glad that you found the source of the problem and having been of help. Once again, you are welcome.
Jeremias
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