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Re: unmarked oboe

Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-07-02 18:32

Not a thumb key that's pressed to give Bb as such, but thumbplate and dual system oboes have a thumbplate that's released to give Bb and C. You will only see this on older French oboes and current British oboes as the thumbplate system still lingers on here in the UK.

Here's what the thumbplate looks like and the elongated 3rd 8ve touchpiece is to the left instead of overlapping the 1st 8ve touchpiece as on conservatoire system oboes:

http://www.howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/HowarthXLBWTPOboe.jpg&pid=35115

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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