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Old Oboe and Intonation

Author: JRC
Date: 2015-04-23 05:54

I have two oboes: one about 70 years old P. Gerad and another 55 years old Rigoutat. The top joint of Gerad was cracked very badly so I had A. Laubin made a replacement in 1967. So it is a combination of 48 year old Laubin and 70 year old Gerad.

Both have the same tendencies of having 2nd octave E,D, and G sharp. But the Rigoutat is worse, about 30-40 cent sharp. It is definitely beyond my lipping range when my lips are tired. I can lip tune Gerad most of the time. It appears that age alone is not the cause of this phenomena.

Once of old friends, clarinetist told me the similar story about old clarinets. Very similar.

I have heard some people say that the age of oboe does not matter. Those are usually the people who sell older oboes. They have the vested interests in that opinion. Leon Goossens played on one oboe for his entire professional life, over 60 years, which is an wonderful anecdote for their claims. I am not sure how true that is. I guess it all depends.... But on what?

Anyone has any thoughts or experience with this?

Post Edited (2015-04-23 05:59)

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