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Reply to John Scorgie

Author: kenabbott
Date: 2003-03-31 11:42

Great news! I hope it will borrow framework and operating principles from the Sneezy board which IMHO is the finest instrumental board on the web.

KA: I will try.

I also hope that your oboe board will include information for us old clarinet/sax players who would love to learn oboe, particularly answers to questions such as:

Do modern oboes come with different fingering systems such as the German systems and Boehm systems for the clarinet?

KA: there is one basic system used, although tere was an attempt (failed) to popularize an oboe with sax keywork in the 20's.

Can I get a kit for making my own oboe reeds? (I already know how to make clarinet and sax reeds)

KA: Lots of kits exist. Check out the links on http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~clc5q/oboelinks.html
Also, see the usual ww retailer suspects

Do commercial ready made oboe reeds come in various strengths like soft, medium, hard?

KA:Yes

Are there good low priced oboes similar to the Yamaha, Vito, and Selmer plastic clarinets and student saxes? Or do we have to spend $3M to buy a decent oboe?

KA: Decent student oboes can be had for $500. A major difference between clarinet and oboe, however, is that oboes CONSTANTLY need adjustment. The standard orchestral oboe is a Loree (think R-13). It goes for north of $3000. There are PLENTY of decent instruments for less than that (think Selmer 9 and 10, Yamaha, etc.).

Is the oboe air stream like the clarinet air stream? (I already know how to play double lip)

KA: Completely different. Like fish and bicycles.

Is oboe vibrato done with the lips? vocal cords? diaphragm?

KA: Diaphragm.

Do I use the same lip pressure to play the low register and the high register?

KA: No. One constantly adjusts one's embouchure.

Thanks for any help you can give us. I THINK I know the answers to many of the above questions. However, I have learned to rely less on my own assumptions and seek out advice from those in a position to know from actual experience.

KA: I hope I have helped. I have been playing oboe for 1 1/2 years after 30 years on clarinet. It's way hard.

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