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Re: How to check my new/old oboe

Author: cowtime
Date: 2008-01-14 22:00

After reading your post, I oiled every working spot that I could find on this oboe. There was little to no increase in pad pressure on the G#- it's still not closing well unless the F# key is pressed. I really suspect the left G# spring even more now. It has the least pressure of the two(left and right).

Looks like a spring hook is next on the"stuff to get" list....and pads. When I say they are white, I mean they were white sometime long ago. I'm controlling the urge to take it apart since there's the very real possibility that I might not get it back together again. As it is, I can play the notes I'm learning with the exception of D and Eb.(is this little pad the culprit? ) I know I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but I hope I can make it as good a sow's ear as possible, and learn a lot in the process.

As for more playing time- at this stage(11 days) my mouth gives out quicker than my interest, so I've got time.

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