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Re: Adjustment question

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-08-11 11:09

Has this Marigaux been serviced before you got it?

If not, I'd suggest you get it fully serviced as a Marigaux oboe of this age will tend to have natural cork glued under adjusting screws with shellac which gets chewed through by the adjusting screw tips.

It's advisable to have all these key corks replaced with a much harder wearing material (eg. rubco/tech cork/gummi kork) as the adjusting screw tips won't chew through this stuff easily. Consider the amount of adjusting screws on a Marigaux oboe (which has more than most) and all these adjustments are critical, so you want the best and toughest silencing material under them all.

While being serviced, the repairer can check all the adjusting screws and if need be, countersink them deeper into the pips so there's more adjustment if they're at their lower limit.

Once this is done, you're free to get on with enjoying your 901.

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

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