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Re: Used oboe advice

Author: jhoyla
Date: 2010-06-21 08:35

All of these makes are excellent, so it will be down to the condition, tuning and voicing of the individual instruments.

The Howarth S40C does not have the split E, neither does the Rigoutat Delphine but the other two models you mention, do (improves intonation of E with LH Eb depressed).

Check regulation before play-testing - a poorly regulated oboe will not play well, even if it is the best of the bunch. Check for cracks (though a well-repaired crack is not necessarily a bad thing since it relieves the stresses inside the wood). Check the bore and make sure it has not had a stuck swab badly removed, or been swabbed out too energetically over the years.

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