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Oboe water problems

Author: oboedude22
Date: 2008-04-26 19:38

Hey Guys,

I'm new to this forum but I've got a question. I've had my oboe for 3-4 years and it has served me well. I got it used and i wanna say its 6 or 7 years old. But in the last year and a half or so I've struggled with getting water in my keys. Mostly the 1st and 2nd octave key but it really goes everywhere. It has progressively gotten worse and I can't seem to stop it. I have cleaned out the tone holes multiple times, oiling it seems to help but only for a day or too depending on how much I play with it, plus I warm it up for a long time before playing and swab like crazy. All have not helped and now everytime I play for more than half an hour, I never fail to start gurgling or having the keys stick.

As many of you probably know, once you get water in an octave key it doesn't come out. I have literally sat around blowing in an octave key for over an hour and it still keeps spit in it.

I was wondering what some of your opinions are about what the problem could be. At this point I'm thinking it might just be the horn, but there might be something I'm missing. I'm looking into finding a replacement horn for some important performances I have coming up.

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