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Re: 2nd octave f# and g

Author: JRC
Date: 2013-11-28 14:42

Thank you for your insights.

My gut feeling is that this is caused by the age and changed physical dimension of the wood slightly. Perhaps the bore dimension is affected by it. If aging enlarged the bore, perhaps I may be out of luck. It would be more difficult to add wood than shaving it down. If aging shrunk the bore, maybe, maybe, there is a chance. I will have to find a really really good tech. Exceptional techs are too few and difficult to get to.

As Wes suggested, yes, I tried closing different holes in the lower part of the oboe to see if it would compensate for it. Some cases (different reeds, different room temperature and humidity) it helps but I do not think any of this would be desirable solution. And also, yes, I have been trying old oboes and both of my oboes are over 60 years old and still in "good" shape for their age.

As Cooper suggested, I also will look closely at what kind of reed does better. Perhaps some parts of reed (tube dimension and shape, length of reed, length of scrape...) would be more complementary to counteract the process of aging wood.

The best solution is to buy a new instrument. But I may have to mortgage the house to afford it, however. Beside, I am rather attached to my oboe.

I plan to take this problem to John Symer and see what he can do.

Please keep your thoughts coming. Thank you.

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