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Fuzzy C sharp

Author: jhoyla
Date: 2008-11-10 05:28

In a recent thread, someone wrote:

"I took home and tried several different used horns of the same model, and they were both very different. The one I decided on is so responsive and a joy to play. My only complaint is the fuzziness of that darned C-sharp- a common complaint."

Well, it certainly IS a common complaint, and it should NOT be. AFAIK this is something that a professional oboe repairman should be able to fix. The secret is in the size and shape of the diamond-shaped inner hole of LH 1, the "half-hole" used for C-sharp through E-flat, 1st octave. On my ancient Marigaux-Strasser I inserted a tiny wedge of cork that did the trick beautifully (for some reason a repair person had reamed out the hole).

A good repair person in Jerusalem used a diamond-shaped awl to adjust the opening on my Loree, which sounded MUCH better afterwards - the difference was amazing. That's two out of two, but I am aware that this is not a statistical sample :-)

Thoughts?

J.

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