Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-12-01 08:05
It's one of those things that has remained through time, the C key touch being above the Eb key. As oboes have evolved, so too has the amount of keys that have been added, and the placings of the original keys has remained relatively the same - so the C key and Eb key still remain in a similar place. Same with bassoons - the F key touch is above the Ab key touch.
If you look at the history of the development of the oboe from the 2 (or 3) key Baroque to the modern day Gillet Conservatoire, you'll see how things have evolved to what they are now.
Baroque flutes only had the one key for Eb, and the later 8-key Flutes have always had the Eb key above the C# and C keys - these (and the G# key) have remained relatively in the same positions, even after Boehm's redesign and subsequent closed G# key set-up.
German and Oehler system clarinets have evolved from the 5-key clarinets, but Boehm system clarnets are a complete redesign (though nothing to do with Boehm himself - but the work of Klose and Buffet).
Uebel and several other companies made sax system oboes, so along with the Boehm system oboe these were a complete departure from the usual oboe keywork.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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