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 Re: How Many Of Us Play Howarths?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2006-06-03 14:20

"It is pleasing to know that the thumbplate system is actually easy to fit on before or after manufacture. A dual system! Now that's a new thought!"

A thumbplate can be added, but it will still be a conservatoire system oboe.

The thumbplate holds down the bar that links the top joint Bb and C keys to RH fingerplate 1 when the left thumb is off the plate, but holding the plate closed lets the Bb and C keys close as well, but they can still be opened with RH finger 1 as on conservatoire system, so it's the best of both worlds - and perhaps better than either system in some ways.

Some tremolos can be done on dual system with ease that pure thumbplate or conservatoire systems can only envy - with the thumb off the thumbplate, a G-Bb tremolo is possible just by trilling with LH 3 only, and G-C is done by trilling both LH 2 and 3.

On conservatoire system you need to put RH 1 down each time for the Bb and C in time with the tremolo, and it can get clumsy.

And on pure thumbplate system, the LH 3 fingerplate isn't linked to any of the mechanism at all (and is usually a plain open hole on pro oboes), so the LH fingers and thumb have to all come off at the same time as LH 3 won't close the Bb and C keys.

[ Portions deleted. Chris P. is an employee of Howarth's and did not disclose such until much later. My apologies for missing this and letting Chris P. misuse this BBoard. Mark Charette ]
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