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Re: A pretty good Spohr No.2 performance

Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2018-10-04 01:58

Switched from Boehm to Oehler in 1976, eventually playing an entry level professional set of Wurlitzers. They seemed more stable than Buffets and it was much easier to get a nice sound up high, but they were fully capable of playing out of tune if you didn't take the same kind of care you do on French instruments. The difference between my horns and a luxury model was the number of keys and vents, so the tuning probably got better as you went up the scale. Switched back in 1983, because everyone I played with was serious about 440, and the Wurlitzers were at about 444. Also, I was teaching a lot and all my students played Buffets, so it made sense. Never experienced the thing some people talk about where you get a great sound without worrying about an embouchure, but "just blow." Doubtless I was doing it wrong. I was playing in an Army band in 1976. It took about a month working with German system before I started playing gigs with it, 3 or 4 to become comfortable, but some things--Debussy, for instance--never felt as natural and flowing as it did with the Buffet. Nielsen might have actually felt a little crisper with Oehler.

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