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Re: Third octave key

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-07-07 14:32

It will help under some conditions from high E or F upwards if you like to play up in the stratosphere. Depending on how it's set up (in how much it opens by), you can also use it to sharpen some altissimo notes by a semitone. Normally it's set up to only open by a mere crack and it's up to the player to adjust it to their liking depending how they use it.

I always found it funny that Howarth student model oboes ordered for the US market didn't have the 3rd 8ve requested as standard, yet the student model cors did.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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