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Re: oboe system

Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-06-15 15:59

There are several oboe systems, the most widespread system in use today is the Gillet Conservatoire system (made by Loree in 1906) which is played pretty much worldwide http://howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/Marigaux901Ob.jpg&pid=35218.

The conservatoire system (so named as it was the system adopted by the Paris Conservatiore in 1881 - Triebert System 6) originally had ring keys, but Loree and Gillet worked together on the design of the plateau model which gives better trills (most of which involve trilling with only one finger) with all the interlinked keywork and perforated fingerplates.

Like German system clarinets, the higher you go up in price, the more keywork and features you get on oboes.

An older system is the thumbplate system (Triebert System 5 from 1849) which has lingered on in the UK and spread across the countries that were part of the British Empire, though is now only really seen on student and older pro models (Loree, Louis, B&H and Howarth), and some Eurpoean companies (eg. Schreiber and Orsi) still make them specially for the UK market http://howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/HowarthS20.jpg&pid=35102.

Though most pro model oboes available in the UK are Gillet conservatoire system with an added thumbplate to make them Dual system http://www.clarinetperfection.com/galleryclar/Keywork/CP2/19.jpg so both thumbplate and conservatoire fingerings can be used http://howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/Marig2001TP.jpg&pid=35221.

In Germany and East Europe, the ring key conservatoire system with fully automatic octave keys was the main instrument http://www.puchner.com/en/oboen/30_gross.php, though the Gillet model with automatic octaves is now the main instrument in use http://howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/HowarthXLAutoCocoGold.jpg&pid=566745 http://howarth.uk.com/pic.aspx?pic=./wo/HowarthS40Auto.jpg&pid=35123.

In the UK, there were thumbplate system oboes built with fully automatic octave keys as well, though it is possible to have dual system with fully automatic octave keys as well.

Then there's the Vienna oboe (or 'Wiener oboe' if you want to use the Latin) which harks back to the Germanic oboes of the 1800s, and is still being played in Viennese orchestras http://iwk.mdw.ac.at/Forschung/deutsch/wrinst/wroboe1.htm.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2008-06-15 16:09)

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