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Re: Notating fingerings

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-08-07 15:18

Basic conservatiore system oboes (eg. Yamaha and Selmer/Bundy) often don't have a forked F vent (opens when RH3 is closed but while RH2 remains open), so the Eb key has to be opened to vent it in both registers.

Most thumbplate systems have a much simpler open standing F vent that opens/closes along with RH2, but this open standing F vent makes the Bb iffy on conservatoire system oboes, so they have an arrangement where the F vent remains closed until RH3 is closed and RH2 is open - the vent closes when RH2 is closed.

But with this closed F vent arrangement (which can be found on some thumbplate system oboes such as some Howarth S2s fitted with it), problems tend to arise when repairers who don't often work on conservatoire system oboes can see the F vent is opening/closing properly along with RH3, but don't check its closure along with RH2 (while RH3 is being held down) so it can remain slightly open from E downwards causing all the RH notes below E (in both registers) to pack up.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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