Author: oboeidaho
Date: 2010-06-19 20:19
I have a Laubin and a Loree. The Laubin was my teacher's which I inherited. I have had it laying around for ages, and finally sent it in for an overhaul (it is 40+ years old). It played great, but I could relate to the "boxed in" feeling others have mentioned. Then I decided to play it for a long run of a musical since it was in the double case (ok that IS a pathetic reason, but there ya go). After playing the same thing every night for a few weeks, I really got the reeds going and now I LOVE it! I feel it has a naturally darker tone than my Loree, which I was using very dark harder reeds on to compensate. With a more flexable reed I get great results. I am not familiar with Marigaux although I played one last year and I wasn't impressed - it was ok.
I love both of my instruments, and like Cooper said, if you find THE OBOE before the 7 year wait is up, just take your name off the list. Good luck!
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