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Author: Simonsky
Date: 2015-07-03 21:50
I was wondering whether anyone had any knowledge of this model: http://myatt.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=89363
It seems overpriced to me (like most secondhand instruments in the UK!) but does anyone consider it worth a look? How old would this model be?
ekbainousi@gmail.com
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-07-03 22:15
http://myatt.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=89363
Looks pretty good to me, but the proof is in the playing. There isn't much else around with that specification for £975 - only fairly basic student models.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2015-07-05 11:42)
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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2015-07-05 10:27
Doesn't appear to have a long LH F, but that looks like a LH C key which would allow low C-C# trills.
Based on the state of the tenon corks it may need a lot of work. Will they include a full service in this price, or is it sold "as is"?
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Author: wkleung
Date: 2015-07-08 17:14
That is the same left C# key as the one on Leon Goossens' Loree. Is this LP or HP?
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Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2015-07-12 02:55
Probably LP (Low Pitch)
Likely "Triebert" stencil made in the early-mid 1920s by Couesnon.
Fine, "high end" instruments in their day.
I have two, and both play beautifully.
One of the Couesnon oboes I have was played for some decades in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
It is difficult (though not impossible) to add a left F key to this model oboe that already has a left C# key...
Oboes.us
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-07-12 22:22
A regular LH F key can easily be fitted to this which is a routine alteration/addition which any oboe maker can do - if it had the long lever C# key then fitting a LH F key would be a bit more difficult, but this is pretty straightforward as it'll be the same type as found on most oboes:
- Fit the pillars for the LH F lever
- Fit an extra pillar in line with the RH C-D trill key near the F key touchpiece and drill through the existing lower C-D trill key pillar to fit a rod screw all the way down to the new pillar
- Hard solder a linkage tab under the F key touchpiece and maybe cut a slot in the body if need be
_ Make a linkage piece to fit on the same rod screw the RH C-D key is now mounted on that links the LH F key to the tab that's just been soldered to the F key touchpiece. It can either be lightly sprung or left loose
- Make a LH F-C key, either with or without a flat spring
- Have the F key (now with a linkage tab soldered to it), the new LH F key and the linkage piece all silver plated to match the rest of the keywork.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2015-07-13 00:33
This Triebert/Couesnon oboe also has a "Bleuzet system" for the D#-E trill.
Very cool. With the addition of a left hand F key, this truly would be
the "Buck Rogers model" oboe...
Oboes.us
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