Author: Shelley
Date: 2006-09-05 19:54
The oboe is mine, and the timeframe is right bloody now.
For the first time in 17 years of playing, I got my silk swab stuck. I have no idea how as I'm very diligent about watching for it. I have a double ended swab but find it too "thin" so I don't use it when I'm putting my instrument away. As I used to work in a repair shop, I didn't pull it at all, and walked it over to the shop. (I was teaching a lesson in the music store next door.) The extracting tool they use to get it out broke off and the tip of it is currently stuck in the top joint of my Loree oboe.
They took keys off, and extracted the swab thread by thread through the octave key. However they cannot get the tool tip out of it! They've pushed through the other way, and undoubtably have bent the keys. The reed receiver still looks good, but the perfect little circle in the bore where the octave key was is now a misshapen gouged hole.
I trust these guys, it was an honest mishap, and we all work for the same company. However, I'm despondent and if the worst case scenario comes true, there's no way I could afford to replace my instrument. What am I to do?
Cincinnati, OH
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