Author: vboboe
Date: 2007-09-15 22:04
my theories and suggestions for your consideration
first thing's first, make sure the reed's *** fully seated *** in the reed well, pushed all the way in to the bottom, zero tolerance
moderately grease the lower half of cork and synthetic with thinnest ring of grease at bottom end of tube (not inside of course), as additional vapor barrier outside the tube between tube and bottom of reed well, then see if water still ascends several centimeters inside the tube after doing all of above together
if it does, then maybe there's something going on with the way you're breathing and blowing, maybe you're inhaling without releasing your lips around the reed, and that might be partly sucking water back up?
Since this starts shortly after you begin playing, this also suggests maybe there isn't a rivulet established all the way down the pipe to channel it out the bell, so try warming up your oboe first with long tones at mf (your favorite strong blow!) playing low G to low Bb only, to get the condensation established lower down the pipe around the big holes, and then drop your longest swob once to mop it up, downwards only, through the oboe
have you sighted the top joint bore in strong light (from both ends) to see if there's a cling-on strand or jutting out something in there that might be acting as a water bounce-up ledge?
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