Author: jamesoboe
Date: 2009-04-03 20:02
Hi Everyone
I met up with a close friend and fellow musician, today, for a bite to eat, and she told me to take a look in the local music shop, owned by the son of our ex-Principal Clarinet. I did as she said and asked Alisdair, the shop owner, if he would be able to act as agent, should I come back from Paris with any Buffet Greenline Oboes. And, equally, to match the lowest price of any such shops that might be doing deals on these instruments.
He insisted he could, and would match any price on the market. As fate would have it, he said he had just such a Buffet Greenline Oboe in the cupboard which he was happy for me to take out on approval. How fortuitous! I have been lazily searching for a Buffet Greenline for the last 5 years or so, but have rejected them all because of cracking, or, more usually, un-responsive bottom Es and Ds. Imagine my surprise, upon getting it home, to find that it had good response and tuning throughout the entire range. Of course, it is a conservatoire instrument, and will eventually need to have a thumbplate added. I am going to play it for the next few weeks at work, and give it a real try-out in Dvorak's notorious Cello Concerto 2nd Oboe part. I've played slightly sweeter sounding Buffets, but none that felt quite so safe. Hopefully, it will do me proud, and I can then break the cycle of 20 years of Howarth playing. My Howarth has always done me proud, and continues to do so, but I would like to try search for something else, now, in my sound and playing.
Like many of you, I'm a big fan of Albrecht Mayer, when at his best, and just like the sound and response of Buffet Greenlines. He must surely be the most famous advocate of this instrument.
Does anyone out there also own such an instrument, and, if so, how are you getting on with it?
Regards
James
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