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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-07-19 10:51
On fully automatic oboes there's very little to no margin of error in the usual design of the 8ve mechanism and LH3, so you will have to make sure LH finger 3 is lifted clean off the fingerplate to avoid accidentally switching the 8ve vents.
They're not the easiest things to adjust or keep in adjustment, so ones with problems will have to be dealt with meticulously so they work properly. There's usually between four and seven adjustments in auto 8ves and each adjustment is critical. You'll be going round in circles checking and adjusting as you go with these things.
That's why the auto 8ve mechanism I designed has just the one adjustment to make things easy for anyone (the XL has an extra one to finely adjust the amount of double action between the 8ve key and the main part of the mechanism):
http://www.howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/HowarthS40Auto.jpg&pid=35123
http://www.howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/HowXLAutoOboeBW.jpg&pid=35119
Compared to the usual auto 8ve mechanism most makes have:
http://www.howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/HowarthXLAutoCocoGold.jpg&pid=566745
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repair Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2011-07-19 11:23)
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HautboisJJ |
2011-07-19 07:42 |
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Re: automatic oboe adjustment |
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Chris P |
2011-07-19 10:51 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-07-19 13:14 |
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Chris P |
2011-07-19 15:25 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-07-20 08:03 |
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Chris P |
2011-07-20 09:58 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-07-20 11:08 |
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Chris P |
2011-07-20 11:12 |
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HautboisJJ |
2011-07-20 11:23 |
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Gerry L |
2011-08-04 07:51 |
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Chris P |
2011-08-04 09:20 |
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Gerry L |
2011-08-04 19:04 |
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Chris P |
2011-08-04 20:19 |
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