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Author: Simonsky
Date: 2015-08-03 17:13
I recently bought a Monnig ring system oboe from Germany at a good price. it's conservatoire with automatic 8ves . As I've always played thumplate models it took a bit of getting used to re-balancing the instrument BUT for the first time I experienced a sense of really 'centered' notes and a great feel of expressive free blowing immediately up to top G! My main instrument is a Howarth XL which is good but the Monnig beats it on free-blowing expression.
I'm beginning to wonder whether the ring models of this type need a serious consideration-any views, related experience?
ekbainousi@gmail.com
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Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2015-08-04 02:39
A few years ago, IDRS Double Reed Journal published a two part interview with Ron Fox. Ron went into great detail about the specific virtues of ring system instruments.
Some ring systems have a "Bleuzet system" mechanism
(linked to the ring D key) that makes a perfect D#-E trill possible.
There is (in my estimation) nothing "wrong" with a ring system oboe instrument,
and in fact much to recommend ring system instrument. Less metal to mover around...
Some of the old Cousenon ring system oboe and English horn (often marked "Triebert," or "Robert") were fabulous.
Some of the old ring system Cabart and Loree English horns have a presence and sonority not to be rivaled by later plateau style instruments.
Oboes.us
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Author: wkleung
Date: 2015-08-04 14:38
Neil Black used to play on an open hole thumbplate Marigaux. When I talked to him in 2009, he bemoaned the fact that Marigaux had stopped making open hole oboes for quite some time. Other things being equal, open hole oboes should offer less resistance to blowing and should sound brighter.
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