Author: Oboelips
Date: 2015-01-29 22:35
Greetings!
Oboes ARE finicky...and that's half the fun of it. Are you making your own reeds yet? Do you gouge cane? Think of the wonderful myriad of tools & gizmos (not the flute kind) that you need to do all that! There are placques, mandrels, tubes, tubes of cane, planers, gouger, knives, knife sharpening implements, cigarette papers, oh the STUFF! WAY too much to list! Yes, oboes are for finicky, detail-Oriented people. But...when doing the solo on Spartucus, or Swan Lake, or Florida Suite, Bizet 1, or (I think most existing pieces for full orchestra must contain an oboe solo) aren't you glad that you're YOU and sitting being that beautiful oboe?
BTW, I take care of my plastic Yamaha recorders with as much care as what I do my Rigoutat Evolution Oboe. I take care of all my instruments diligently. If you don't respect the oboe, it will have it's revenge upon you.
I too, was a flutist who switched. I now can double most all woodwinds (my bassoon isn't great, my clarinet is now better since I got a plateau style, but some saxes are just too big (I'm short). My first love is for Oboe/Ehorn, but flute/picc is always a fun time.
Oboefully
Deb
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