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 Re: Loree Oboe AC serial #
Author: heckelmaniac 
Date:   2009-10-29 04:53

AF is 1934, so I surmise AG may be 1933. Many of the Loree oboes made
"pre-war" (and even some "post-war") do not have "complete" keywork, often not having a left F key,nor an F resonance key, nor an articulated C#. Also, many of the "pre-war" instruments were "ring system" instruments with open ring keys on the A, G, F#, & D. Nothing at all wrong with a "ring" system instrument, and, in my estimation, the ring system oboes have a sound not to be found in the "plateau" covered key instruments. Sadly, very few players in North America seek out ring system oboes nowadays.
See the interview with Ron Fox (part 1) in a fairly recent Double Reed Journal- a very good discussion of ring system instruments therein...
As long as a "pre-war" oboe has not been abused, severely cracked, suffered bore damaged, or been dropped off a high building, it is likely that it can be brought back to life.
I have an XX series Loree (1927) that has been thoroughly restored, gold plated, and it plays exquisitely. I know of two other players also having and playing XX series Loree oboes and they would not dream of parting with the instruments...

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