Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2015-10-11 06:13
Hi Chris, the "baritone oboe" is in fact in the key of Eb. Same exact range as an alto sax. Left pinky cluster: G#, Eb,C#, B, Bb. Right pinky cluster: Eb, C, C#, and (one touch) low Bb key. Right hand side keys and left hand palm keys- same as on saxophone. Still some keys I have not figured out yet. Automatic triple octave vent system seems to works very well. The left hand middle finger C (both octaves) sounds amazing on this instrument, in stark contrast to the usually very weak and stuffy left middle finger C on other oboe instruments with saxophone fingerings. The resonance of this instrument is HUGE. With respect to timbre, sounds like a cross between an English horn and a [say] pre-war Loree bass oboe. I surmise this instrument may have been made in the late 1920s or early 1930s. In an amazing state of preservation. I have never seen another example of an Eb "baritone oboe" of any make or description, though I have seen Cabart "sax-oboes" and Cabart English horns with saxophone fingerings. The amount of work it must have taken to produce this instrument! Determining an Eb bore, plotting the tone hole placement and sizes, and designing/engineering/fabricating and fitting the key-work.
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