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 Re: Wooden oboes easier to play?
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2007-06-22 17:19

I've always been a tinkerer - if it's got screws I'll take it to bits! Hi-fi systems, electronic games, toasters, kettles, radios, car interiors, watches clocks, wind-up grammophones ... basically anything that can come apart is just too tempting for me not to take it apart!

And it evolved from there - taking up bassoon when I was 11 was again a temptation with all the screws and moving parts. Then I ditched bassoon for sax and one day I took it to bits. Then adding clarinet, oboe and flute - and taking them to bits and finally I stsrted working as a repairer when I was 14 in my local music shop, and developed my skills and was offered the job in Howarths as a finisher back in 1998. Still with them and I'm now 34 and still enjoy what I do, and the satisfaction that players are benefitting from my work.

Keep the passion alive and you'll never tire from what you do.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2007-06-22 19:25)

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ceri 2007-06-19 21:02 
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Chris P 2007-06-22 17:19 
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