 The Oboe BBoard
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Author: Kontra
Date: 2011-03-16 15:36
I've always wanted to pick up the Oboe, but can't even afford the $300 student ones on THAT auction site right now.... Are these single key Bombard Oboes even worth throwing $40 at until I can afford a real Oboe?
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-03-16 15:46
A bombard is an ancient double reed instrument, the precursor to the oboe. The sound is completely different as the reed is made completely different. It is now played in specialized early music ensembles and some flokloric/ethnic/fusion groups..... definitely not run of the mill.
Myself, if I had time, I would love to collect all these instruments; for example, there is a modern version of the Schaum played in Spain.
But I highly recommend you wait until you can afford a decent oboe, if that's the instrument you are aiming for.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-03-16 16:23
there are student oboe models available on dependable sites, like Charles Double Reed and occasionally usedoboes.com. They have been serviced so you know they play.
But if you cannot afford a $300 oboe, it will be a challenge to buy a few reeds; student reeds are anywhere between $10 and $15 apiece.
If you do not play the recorder, I suggest you start there, as the fingerings are similar.
And hopefully, Someday, you'll be discussing technical oboe jargon and posting your audio playing samples here...
GoodWinds
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Author: Kontra
Date: 2011-03-16 16:51
I hope so. I play the bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, and alto sax. The oboe has always been an interest to me. I just need to save the cash.
I listened to the Bombard oboe on Youtube, and I think I'd rather just buy a regular oboe.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-03-16 17:28
In Brittany the bombarde is one of their main folk instruments and is the same pitch as a Highland pipes chanter (and they're usually played alongside each another - pipes and bombards). They're just as loud as pipes.
To us they're pitched in Ab as the fingered note C sounds as concert Ab, but they will tune to Bb as six fingers down (their D) is concert Bb. The basic scale (lifting each finger in turn) will give a concert Bb Major scale.
But as Highland pipes are creeping higher and higher in pitch (probably around 452Hz or more) so they cut through as the side drums are being made to sound brighter with Kevlar heads, bombardes may also be built higher in pitch as well to be in tune with the pipes.
They usually have just the single low C key: http://www.remymusique.ch/05_collection/photos/bombarde.jpg
... but this is the first one I've seen with keywork: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Bombarde_chromatique.jpg
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2011-03-16 17:33)
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