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Re: Gougers

Author: johnt
Date: 2010-07-09 16:45

Hello hautbois francais,

Dan Ross has, IMHO the best equipment for the best price. His arrowhead spltter can't be beat. His gouger does the job consistently & is simple to adjust. Get his "duck" to measure cane to be sure it will fit in the bed. Highly recommend the crank pre-gouger from Udo Heng (Reeds n Stuff in Germany) A terrific machine; a little less in cost than the Dan Ross gouger, also terrific. The crank pre-gouger is a great time saver, which at the same time saves wear & tear on the gouger blade. Anything ever goes wrong with the Dan Ross gouger (nothing ever does) just mail it back to him for maintenance/blade sharpening/replacement. I've had mine since 2006 & my Innoledy gathers dust. I sold my RDG a couple of years ago. I keep the Innoledy on hand because it is a slick machine. It also does the job & Liang Wang of the NY Phil uses it as does Jennet Ingle from the Chicago area…two oboists who again IMHO have absolutely impeccable quality of sound, at least to my ears. So there ya go. YMMV. Dan & Udo both have excellent websites. The ones I recommend: Ross first & Innoledy second are both single radius.

Get Cooper's opinion, though. He's worked with almost all of them, single radius as well as with the off-centers, Driscoll, Graf, etc.

If I were going to buy another one now, I'd spring for Udo's rotatable circular blade gouger. I really like that concept. When the arc of the cutting edge gets dull, rotate the blade 120 degrees & rock on; that gets dull, rotate another 120 & when that arc goes, replace the blade.

Best,

john

Post Edited (2010-07-09 16:48)

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