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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-06-09 13:48
Should be a nice instrument - I presume it's a German spec ring key conservatoire with an added thumbplate. The Howarth S4 cor is pretty much the same instrument.
Louis instruments were made entirely by hand (just like early Howarth instruments that took the baton from Louis), so you'll see a lot of work has gone into them if you look closely. Pad cups were all machined, key arms were cut from sheet metal and shaped and all the key pieces were individually hand fitted and soldered together piece by piece instead of being jig mounted and soldered together as a whole (then fitted to the instrument), so very labour intensive. Laubin is probably one of the few makers still using the old time craftsmanship while most have gone over to modern production techniques and rationalised/simplified certain key parts for economy and ease of manufacture. Howarth's top models have keywork mostly hand mounted instead of being all jig mounted.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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oboist2 |
2016-06-09 07:34 |
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wkleung |
2016-06-09 07:47 |
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oboist2 |
2016-06-09 07:50 |
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Chris P |
2016-06-09 11:42 |
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oboist2 |
2016-06-09 11:47 |
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Re: Thumbplate/conservatoire 123 system new |
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Chris P |
2016-06-09 13:48 |
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oboist2 |
2016-06-09 14:07 |
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