Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-07-09 12:42
Ahhh experiment-mode! Un/Luckily, because I'm not playing in any ensembles right now, I can stay in experiment mode for a while. => please keep me up to date on your findings!
I have to agree with Peter Hurd (http://oboes.us) that a variety of sounds is always good. For example, if I'm playing Transylvanian twirl-dances, I like a buzzy clear sound with impeccable response. When playing Haydn, I remember old records from the 1950/60's where the oboe sounded quite unappealing by today's standards - but there was still a certain thing about it. Some movie music is preferable with a clear sound and others with a dark, murky sound. Modern Celtic/mystic music can have sounds all over the map!
For "goosey", yes, its the deep hollow sound, but minus the "quack". If you remove the duck call from a goose call, that's pretty much what I mean.... REALLY hard to express in words! Again, think the oboes at Taffelmusik or Academy of Ancient Music.
If you're getting sharper reeds with longer cane, don't be surprised. Pitch is speed of vibration. Less scraping means more potential energy for the blades to spring back which means it will move faster with more ease. I think - must still test - that short reeds require more scraping just because the shortness causes more resistance lengthwise: more scraping, less spring, lower pitch.
So far, I had to scrape my long reeds more because my gouge is still on the thick side (0.62-0.64). But I did get a few thinner cane reeds to play at A=440 at 74mm.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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