Author: Astrobleme
Date: 2006-10-01 10:04
Hi all,
after fooling around with a couple of other instruments, at the age of 38 I decided it was time to have a go at the oboe, so here I am.
Due to a fairly limited budget I got myself a second-hand plastic Selmer (yes, I know, so please don't ;-)). Since I couldn't get it all I decided I wanted more keys before anything else. (Actually, I got a wooden Hans Kreul first, but it didn't have the left f, nor the f fork resonance, so I sold it and got the Selmer instead.) But the thing is, I now have more keys than I can handle.
It says Signet soloist on it, but when comparing it to pictures on the Internet it looks like a model 104B. If anyone could enlighten me on the differences between those numbered seriers and the signet soloist oboes I'd be greatful.
But now to the keys. I assume that the right hand side key above the right G# key is the G#-A trill key, also used in connection with Ab-Bb trills from what I've read. But I really can't seem to understand the true purpose of this key. For G#-A trills work fine with either of the two G# keys. But there may be something that's not right with my oboe, a spring or something, for when looking at the trill chart at
http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/oboe/ob_tr2_1.html
the third trill for Ab-Bb is not possible. Nothing happens when I try to do what it says. So if that fingering is correct, my oboe is not ok.
I'd be happy if anyone could explain how that key is supposed to work.
Another thing I don't understand is the purpose of the double-ring D#-E key, so I'd be equally happy for an explanation on that.
And finally, in the descriptions of the 104B and 101 models it says that there is a double-ring B-C# trill as well. Where is that located? I can't see any in the pictures. Or is it the same double-ring as D#-E used in some special way?
Besides these problems, progress does not seem completely out of the question: occasionally I manage to play in tune, and on exceptionally good days I even produce a fairly nice tone. ;-)
Thanks.
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