Author: claire70
Date: 2007-10-22 07:02
Thanks Mel, that's really helpful. I'm a thumbplate player; and actually I mentioned the flatness issue to the Howarths people when I was there the other day, and they said it's a common problem when they put the thumbplate on, that they can fix easily. However, having said that, I now seem to be lipping it in without even thinking about it! It's definitely not that noticeable any more (unless my ears have just stopped working).
I'm getting used to the B too. The C#-D# is still sometimes odd, but I haven't worked out what's going on there. I also can't slur from bottom Bb to bottom B (the Bb key stays down), but hey, how often does one really need to do that?.... And the C# is definitely really sharp, but that seems to be the bane of every oboe.
Other than that, it's gorgeous! :-)
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