Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2006-02-24 13:16
I cant agree more. I have been attending intensive classes this 2 weeks with a teacher of mine from the Malaysian Philharmonic who plays the Dutch scrape, and still is today. Few interesting facts:
Although instruments can vary in tone (personal preferences) and intonation (as long it doesnt go way bottom its ok), the ability of the instrument to literally 'vibrate' is the key here. Mr. Joost (teacher of mine) handpicked and bought a Marigaux 3 years ago. Marigauxs tend to be in the middle of the dark-bright genre (although we all know the make of the reed influences the most out of that.), but none the less good Marigauxs project well and are popular among many professionals.....
NOW.....here comes the twist, some time ago a FAMOUS professional oboe repairman from England (whos name will be left anonymous in case sensitive issues arise) came here to Malaysia and Singapore, he is also a major representative for all the major oboe makers. The Marigaux my teacher bought? Totally 'died' after only 2 years, not in terms of key work, the wood was so stupid the body of the sound simply died off! And when the famous repairman was asked to comment on that, he gave an honest statement that the Marigaux company is now only persuing for money and aside from having a price range comparable with top Loree models, has no quality control what so ever to mark up their prices that high.
Although this things don't happen so frequently, i recommend that people who read this will not buy a Marigaux without testing it or checking its manufacture date beforehand.
I play on a DM which has a wonderful tone, although it is said to be darker in tone, more or less resembling the German bore design, i find that instead of being darker in tone, it retains not only the brighter quality of sound but has also good projection and surprisingly better response (less resistant than some other Lorees i have played on), i checked the serial number and it was made approx. 10 years ago.
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