Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-05-06 22:51
"Nice idea- the F/F# and B/Bb resemble clarinet fingerings, but...
the instrument would have to be straight bore at this point, and presumably all the way down, or else all the keys would have to be crushed up together."
The finger spacing will indeed be significantly closer (as the toneholes will all have to be repositioned and the diameters altered), but not drastically so and the bore taper will still remain the same. The finger spacing will be more like that of a clarinet and the RH cross F# key will become a 'sliver' key as on clarinets. There have been covered action (or plateaux) Boehm system clarinets made and they still have plenty of room in between the fingerplates - the fingerplates on them are pretty much the same diameters as the ring keys on normal clarinets.
The side G# keys can be dropped and instead a side Bb and C key fitted in their place (and also a high E key as on saxes) and the G# key can be linked to the LH cluster.
Basically, taking the same design of keywork seen on a modern soprano sax and redesigning and adapting it to fit on an oboe would be the best thing to do, plus the addition of a RH C-D trill key which is lacking on the majority of saxes.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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