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Author: JRC
Date: 2014-09-17 15:39
So... Albrecht Meyer had chocolate cake for breakfast before coming up with the design....!! Is that the story?
I could do that.
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Author: JRC
Date: 2014-09-18 00:48
So... what do you think about the model?
Was it worth the price?
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Author: oboesage
Date: 2014-09-18 01:12
JRC,
What I like about the model is its solid throughout. The pitch is spot on. It has strong free singing throughout all registers. Very free blowing where as with the Laubin's or the Loree's or the Gordet's and event the Howarths that I tried all had at least one area of the range that had quirks. The oboe has such a beautiful singing quality especially in the octave Half hole D2 through to G3. Many times I feel constricted when I play certain models and style of oboes in that range. Free blowing is a must and this model does give it. It's consistent. Here's the bottom line for me, and everybody is different, this oboe givens me no reason to blame things on it, if I miss something then its me I don't have the oboe to blame and if that was Mayer and Ludwig Frank's goal then I think its achieved. Every professional oboe out there is about 9K or more so isn't it worth an extra K or 2 to get something special? As oboists we struggle to get the sound we want sometimes depending on the reed and the oboe its like digging a ditch with a teaspoon. As my good acquaintance Peter Hurd says "Everyone deserves to drive a Rolls Royce at least once".
To me the design is revolutionary and will eventually spread in popularity. In the US there are currently on 2 dealers for Monnig, but the word is definitely spreading.
Regards,
George
Post Edited (2014-09-18 01:54)
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Author: JRC
Date: 2014-09-18 15:27
Thanks.
You appeared to confirm what Mayer said in the video as his goal. I wonder how it responds to bright sounding short scrape reeds compared to that of Rigoutat Classic.
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Author: GoldenBoy
Date: 2014-09-19 19:52
Very interesting video.
I thought that what Mayer said about his goal for the instrument was totally on point as far as many brands having a specific character that the player must abide by and even "worship". This couldn't be more true with almost all the popular oboes in the American market (Loree, Laubin, Covey, Yamaha, Howarth.)
I think there are other instruments that offer this "blank canvas" approach, but of course this is a video about Moennig, so he isn't about to mention them. Marigaux's standard models and both Buffet greenline models (especially the new Orfeo) come to mind. All of these (including the Moennig) seem ultra-modern compared to Lorees and the Loree derivatives in their approach sound and scale.
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Author: Wufus
Date: 2014-09-19 22:18
And what a wonderful job my friend Matt Dine (oboist, Orpheus Chamber Orchesta) did in producing the video.
These are truly fine instruments. I also love the Wagner model english horn.
Frank
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