Author: cjwright
Date: 2008-04-21 17:10
Then it's probably not broken in yet, and you definitely should not be playing on it for two hours in one sitting!
Most oboists play a new oboe for 5 minutes a day the first week, 10 minutes the second week, 15, the third, etc. If it's only a month old, you should have only been playing on it for about 30 minutes max.
One reason is some people believe the wood needs to get used to being vibrated that much. Another reason people believe (and I agree with) is that the wood needs to be kept dry in order so that the moisture doesn't warp the bore. Once the bore warps, that's all she wrote for the oboe.
It usually takes 3-6 months for an oboe to be fully broken in and settled. However if you set it down for an extended period of time (3mos or more), you might end up having to break it in all over again.
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