Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2010-11-18 23:54
More like something to cry about!
This is one of the reasons I wan to "test drive" some new and used Laubins while I'm fresh on the list. But my own experience with the Laubin gang (on my Lorée) are excellent.
I'm really impressed by Albrecht Mayer's sound. Gebrüder-Mönning has made an oboe (and d'amore and EH) to his special feature requests. You-Tube flicks have him playing different instruments depending on his age, but they all seem to be Mönnings.
My ideal sound, however, remains the baroque oboe; the classical oboe, as played by John Abberger, is really nice too. The Dupin Imperial is supposed to reproduce the bore of the classical instrument, and the Viennese oboe is supposed to do the same.
I absolutely need full Conservatoire keywork, so a real baroque instrument is out. I'm therefore hoping for a Mönning or Dupin in a few years - the Viennese just doesn't have the keywork.
So far, oboe d'amore reeds in my Lorée are promising (no luck adapting EH reeds yet), but the baroque sound is still not there.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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