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Author: Theyoungoboist
Date: 2011-03-21 19:01
Not sure if this has been asked before, why did you choose the oboe?
I chose it because my mom played it when she was about 12 and I always liked it when she would take it out and play a few notes. I never really considered any other instrument.
http://oboeadventures.tumblr.com/
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Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2011-03-21 19:13
To make a long story short, i thought it was the loudest instrument i have ever heard (of course i didnt know that was not necessarily a good thing back then...) and i wanted to be louder than anyone else in an oboe specific way (there were 10 trumpets and 1 oboe in the band, so it would be really special). The clarinet never did that for me. Never turned back since.
Howard
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Author: Loliver
Date: 2011-03-21 19:17
I got to grade 8 clarinet and wanted a new challenge. Also, sounds much nicer than clarinet to be honest, and all the orchestra parts I ever got on clarinet were just bass lines and awful low rythms, while oboes got all the fun solos in pieces such as Somerset rhapsody and Dvorak.
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-03-21 19:30
From the youngest age, you could not keep me away from musical instruments: my mother's piano, the cheap recorders from grade-school, whistles with notes from the zoo gift shop... anything!
In 1st year of high-school, I was torn between the saxophone and the trombone. In 2nd year, the teacher introduced a new word: "hautbois" => AS SOON as I heard it, my hand darted up and I refused to give up my chance to play it. I did not even know what it was, but I had a picture (probably of an english horn) from Peter and the Wolf that we heard in grade 2.
The sound that I really had in my soul was actually the oboe d'amore. But the oboe (only thing accessible for many years) has always remained as the definition of who I am.... it's not something I "do", it's litterally myself. When I had to leave it in the closet during engineering school (actually, all music nearly ceased), I literally died inside. I only realized this 1st when my wife bought the piano, I cried from joy for days..... AND I'M EX-MILITARY!
When I started the oboe for real again last summer.... its more like thawing out a roast from the deep-freezer. Now, I get really terrified at the thought of any reason that would take it away from me.
"Robin des bois" is french for : Robin Hood (of the woods)
"Robin Des Hautbois" => Robin of the oboes!
But please note: I get really IRKED when people complain of how hard the oboe is and how impossible it is to make good reeds...... I never accepted this and I am currently proving the opposite!
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-03-21 22:45
I think it's the pastoral sound of the oboe that I liked, most likely due to this theme tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkKfSqIx5bc&feature=related, then when I was 11 I finally discovered the name of the instrument to the sound (at 3:10 but he's miming) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDKFRpMrbs that was it.
Then in early 1984 I found out there were three oboe players at school so I did bassoon instead as two of them taught at the school shared the only school's oboe between them (and the bassoon wasn't being played) and later got an alto sax. It wasn't until I was 14 when I finally got an oboe and then packed it up when I was 15 when I accidentally snapped it in half - I stood it up on its bell without a stand and splat!
Fast forward another 10 years and I took it up again in earnest after trying out a Marigaux that came in for repair and realised I could get a pretty decent sound out of a good instrument instead of the usual plastic B&H Reject and wooden Italian thumbplate models still doing the rounds with the local schools and education authorities that should've been condemned decades ago. Had I not heard Heinz Holliger's recording of the Strauss concerto I don't think I would've rekindled my interest in it.
So I bought an ex demo Yamaha 821TP to restart on and took the thumbplate off to get used to playing conservatoire system Bbs and Cs as they have better tone quality and tuning (and keeping more fingers down), but soon put it back on to make some arpeggios, intervals and tremolos easier.
But the main reason I took up oboe again was so I could play cor which I have far more passion for.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: plclemo
Date: 2011-03-22 00:23
Because I played the clarinet for 40 years and in the church orchestra, I noticed many times the clarinets would have substitute parts for oboe parts. So, one day, I decided to try the oboe. That was nearly a year ago and it is so similar to clarinet that I have adapted quite well to the change.
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Author: hautbois francais
Date: 2011-03-22 00:37
Joined the school military band at 13 and already had Grade 8 in piano, violin and theory. Band teacher asked me what I wanted to play. I said the bagpipes(marching band) and oboe(concert band). It was in the 70s, few at that age even heard what an oboe is, so there is virtually no competition then competiting for the school's nice new instruments, like the oboe. The bagpipe complement was a natural, because it was also a double reed.
My next goal was to get in the local youth orchestras. Although, I had a Grade 8 in violin, but hundreds also had the same. Thousands, had grade 8 piano, so what? Hence, I needed to have a skill on a special instrument. Getting into a youth orchestra playing the violin was intense competition for very limited space. I walked right in playing 2nd oboe, without even so much as an audition. The older kid got the first chair, and he wasnt even that good.
I took the graded exams and skipped to Grade 5 and later Grade 8 in 2 years. At 15, I was accepted 2nd oboe in a local symphony Orchestra and paid a salary. That was the most gratifying experience of my life. It was then I learned to make reeds from a Japanese who was principal oboe who only showed up for concerts. Whenever, he was in town, he'd stay with my family and spend many hours showing me how to make my own reeds. He saw me as his kid protege. I made shitty reeds for years, playable, but sounded really quacky and bright. I was 2nd oboe, I figured it wont matter, even if my reeds werent that great. The others would drown me out. By 16, I took the LSRM in oboe performance.
At 16, I needed to take the big academic exams to determine my future. I had to leave the orchestra and had to think seriously about a career and a future. Like Robin, I chose to be an Engineer. However, I continued my trainng on the oboe every now, attending conservatory master classes and then but that took 2nd or even 3rd place in my life, till it petered out to be last place in my life and close to nothing for many years.
After 25 years in my career as an engineer, I retired from that and now dedicating some time back on the oboe. As Robin and I have been active in some comms, I want to try to change my sound by changing the way I made my reeds. I was trained in the American style. I was thinking, perhaps, perhaps some kind of hybrid can help me find the sound I am looking for.
Why oboe ? It must be an undying love and passion for playing such a beautiful instrument !
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Author: Old Oboe
Date: 2011-03-22 02:58
As a young clarinet player I was tired of being one of the crowd. Tried E-flat alto clarinet for a while but it wasn't a good fit. My best friend played oboe and convinced me to try it and in 9th grade I switched and never looked back. I love the sound and the music written for the instrument. Despite the challenges of finding the "perfect" reed, it's the instrument that makes me happy.
Linda
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Author: cjwright
Date: 2011-03-22 04:18
With a last name of "Wright" starting with a WR, I was one of the last to choose. Of course all of the saxaphones were taken, and there was oboe and Tuba left. And the tuba was bigger than me. And I had to walk a mile to school every day. The decision was pretty easy.
Cooper
Blog, An Oboe In Paradise
Solo Oboe, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-03-22 04:20
I played the clarinet for something like 47 years, and hated every day of it. It never spoke to me. Didn't feel right. Didn't sound right. Didn't have the literature I liked. My parents had chosen it for me when I was a kid, and that was that. I would have liked to have switched to oboe early on, but it was not in the cards.
About six years ago, going on seven now, I had sort of an epiphany. "In which lifetime," the little voice in my head asked, "did you intend to play the oboe? Because if it's this one, you'd better get busy!"
So I did. And I am glad. The oboe suits me ever so much better than the clarinet ever did. It is moody like I am, and I do love the little (and sometimes big) solo licks that I get. (Here's one of the really big ones: Italian in Algiers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l__q96RpeW8) I get just an indescribable kick hearing that sound emerge from the mix and float above it all.
I also started playing Cor Anglais about four years ago. That has likewise been a very gratifying experience. If oboe players are somewhat uncommon commodities, the Cor Anglais player (at least, somebody who actually owns one!) is downright scarce. What has been very cool is that the directors I am playing for, knowing that they have the Cor available, will chose repertoire to feature it. Just did Alfred Reed's "Russian Christmas Music," which has to be the biggest Cor piece in all of the wind ensemble literature, and the Dudamel Danzon #2, in the version that has a verse featuring the Cor. Whee!
Susan
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Author: Theyoungoboist
Date: 2011-03-22 04:25
I know what you mean. I'm a junior in high school and have been playing for 6 years. Music has become a part of me. I almost cry every time I think of not being physically able to play my oboe.
I think what I love the most about the oboe is how personal of an instrument it is. It comes down to where you buy your cane then the entire process of being able to make reeds (and music by extension) are in the hands of the oboist. Although I'm not very good at making them yet, I can't wait until I am able to make reeds (that work) consistently.
http://oboeadventures.tumblr.com/
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Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2011-03-22 05:09
My school purchased a full Conservatory system wood oboe when I was in 9th grade. Our star clarinetist was given the oboe to play. I heard the
oboe sound wafting out of the music building one fine Fall day as I was strolling across campus. I stopped dead in my tracks. I just knew I had to play oboe at that moment. Fortunately, the star clarinetist's teacher soon declared that oboe playing was was interfering with his student's clarinet playing, so I glommed onto to the oboe immediately as soon as it was free. Previously I had been a sax player. The oboe was a revelation compared to saxophone, though for me it became principally a "stepping stone" to be able to play English horn. When I was studying oboe with John Mack, I mentioned (during a designated English horn lesson) that I would be happy to only ever play English horn. Mack snapped back, "Well! Any fool can play English horn! Oboe playing is where its at!" I had no equally snappy reply to offer, though I was not deterred at all. I had been most fortunate at age 15 to acquire a
magnificent Chauvet English horn, and having such a beautiful instrument
from early on simply deepened my passion for English horn over the years.
Oboes.us
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Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2011-03-22 08:44
I am amazed to hear so many stories of those who came to oboe later in life...quite often after another instrument.
I started life as a flautist. It was all I wanted to do at the age of 10. My want for a more specialised instrument that everyone could hear started fairly early on, as I discovered piccolo almost immediately, and have been a picc specialist ever since.
Fast forward through a performance degree, and I began an education diploma. I was advised that if I could teach flute and clarinet I would pick up a job much more easily. My partner being a clarinettist got me started. The clarinet just wasn't for me. I had developed a large performance ego by this time, and it seemed that even more people played clarinet than flute, and I certainly wasn't going anywhere too fast! I picked up the sax but found it not challenging. I figured the next logical step was oboe. Bassoons were too big and too expensive for me at the time. I picked up an old Cabart and got started. That was 6 years ago.
I spent several weeks behind closed doors before I let anyone hear me because I was a flute performance major and used to making a nice sound! It presented me with a new challenge that seemed attainable. I began playing in ensembles when I was needed. The better I got, the more I discovered I was needed. I progressed to the point where I could upgrade to a beautiful Marigaux and now play in three ensembles a week.
I feel grateful that I have come to an instrument that is filled with technical difficulties and nuances after having completed a flute degree. Flute of all instruments is expected to be expressive, musical and dextrous. I already had these things before I took on the challenge of oboe technique, rather than learning everything at once! I love oboe as I feel important (ego feeding!), I get great solos and I am generally not one of many. I still love flute as it comes so much more easily to me and I love the expression I am afforded on that instrument, but oboe has presented me with a new set of challenges, which I am thriving on.
Rachel
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-03-22 13:11
Hekcelmaniac,
I HAVE TO ASK YOU, seeing as you're an E.H. & Heckelphone enthusiast...
My oboe and d'amore reeds are excellent, admired by some better players than myself back in the days and they are better than today than they were back then. But NOT ONCE in my life did I ever make a good E.H. reed. They don't crow! They might crow for about 5 seconds, but then die in a wheeze.
Is there a fundamental difference between E.H. and the smaller reeds?
Thanks.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2011-03-22 14:22
8 yrs old in Primary school, and Mr. W the headmaster has us all sitting in assembly in our little grey uniforms, crossed arms, crossed legs ...
"Last year you all learned to play recorder. This year, you can start learning other musical instruments. We have a limited number of instruments. As an example, we have two flutes. If eight children choose flute, each child will be able to take it home .. yes Jane? Correct! once every four days...
"There are two flutes. Who wants to play flute?" About twenty hands went up - so I put mine down.
"There are two oboes. Who wants to play oboe?" A quick glance at the competition - about six hands in all - I raised mine.
Three weeks later, I was keeping one oboe at home, and using the other one in my music lesson at school. The rest, as they say, is history ...
J.
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Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2011-03-22 21:08
Hi Robin,
Excellent question as to whether an EH reed is fundamentally different from an oboe reed or oboe d'amore reed. The easy reply is that I simply do not know- I have never thought of this. Perhaps my friend Cooper Wright would know.
Personally, I use either Albion "Select" cane for EH or a stock of "LaMott" cane from the 1950s and the Gilbert -1 shape. I find a fairly narrow shape work best, though best to avoid a "toothpick" shape reed as Wally Bhosys would say.
I find the commercial Glotin shape to be far too wide.
Almost every EH reed I begin eventually will play "just so."
My EH reed have a very long back, pronounced spine, pronounced shoulders giving support (tapering) all the way to the corner of the lay, a moderately heavy heart, a very long lay having very smooth, gentle blending from the back to the tip across the lay. Nothing "choppy" at all.
I do teach reed making if you happen to be in the Pacific Northwest...
Oboes.us
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-03-23 06:18
Bellingham isn't even 2 hours from Vancouver, Robin.
And Peter is just about the nicest guy you'd ever want to visit;
a true encyclopedia of oboe expertise.
GoodWinds
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-03-23 06:29
I started playing oboe when I was 11 or 12, in 7th grade. There were 36 clarinets, and because my schedule was messed up, I got into band late and had to sit in chair #35 (the girl in chair #36 didn't care). I mentioned to the band teacher that I wanted to play oboe and he almost laughed, but just after auditions (for chairs) when I landed in #2, I was the designated oboe student. To this day I can't remember why it appealed to me so, but I used to stare and stare at the oboe poster on the band-room wall...
I played a plastic school Bundy, held together by rubber bands, until my folks (bless them) purchased a professional-grade Marigaux for me a few years later.
I didn't mind clarinet (indeed, I still play it, but prefer bass clarinet...), but I guess I wanted more of a challenge. Not necessarily because it was 'more personal' or 'less crowded', but because it was Unique.
GoodWinds
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-03-23 13:50
It always bothered me, when taking the multitude of education courses at McGill music, UQAM and UOttawa (Fac. of Ed.) when they would tell us that children need to be "technically challenged" to keep their interest.
I always HATED having a difficult time! For me, music was the one thing I was naturally good at... I was interested in everything else, but instruments are the only thing that I could just pick up and start playing without anyone to help me along.
The oboe is certainly harder than the sax or trumpet (or most others), but apart from the headaches I got with my 1st "wood" reeds, I found it just as easy as any other instrument. Tuning was never an issue until I got good enough to play the brand-new (used) Signet Soloist (Selmer, Paris) with full conservatoire key system.
To me, the oboe is nothing other than the voice of my soul. Nowadays, I feel a little disoriented when I tackle a tune that is not technically difficult (speedy)... I feel lost if I don't struggle to improve my tuning and my sound... I seem to have forgotten how to just enjoy playing. I kind of hope that will return as I play more.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-03-23 20:52
I thought Selmer USA only made the Selmer Signet Soloist oboes (the 101 or 104 depending if it's wood or plastic) and Selmer Paris oboes only carried the Selmer wreath logo (in between 'Depose' and 'France' on the bell) with no other markings.
Selmer Paris oboes weren't particularly great for what they were - at least I've never played one that I found to be much cop. I do own a plastic Signet Soloist and it plays much better in tune than any Selmer Paris oboe I've tried.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2011-03-23 20:59
Ouf..... we are talking about 26 years ago!
I was sure I remembered the word Paris around that wreath you mentioned, but I could be mistaken.
At any rate, it was all plastic, sounded pretty well as nice as my Loree, and people started complaining about my tuning only when I got the Loree..... but perhaps I hadn't started playing in serious enough ensembles yet.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-03-23 22:59
Ah! Chris!
Like so many things, it's what's on the INSIDE that counts!
S.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-03-24 01:50
They're largely based on Lorees and do have excellent tuning for what they are - glorified Bundys.The plastic ones are far better than their wooden counterparts as the joints and bores are straight!
Although it doesn't have the same depth of tone as a Loree, Marigaux or my Howarth, I still use it where I wouldn't want to risk any harm coming to my kingwood S5 such as freezing cold halls, churches or outdoors. And with it being plastic, there has to be a fair amount of end play between the feather key and the top joint trill lever pillars so they don't bind up solid with the cold.
I'd go as far as to say I'd use this oboe on a serious engagement if my S5 was out of action and wouldn't have to worry as it's a very reliable and dependable instrument. I've lent it out to players while their Lorees have been in to me for repair if they needed an oboe to use in the interim and they've been pleasantly urprised with it, even though it is a much brighter sounding instrument. I bought it as it had the most keywork of all the plastic Selmer USA oboes and because I missed out on a Fox 300 not long before getting it.
I added the thumbplate only as I'm used to playing dual system and while it didn't really need the 3rd 8ve key, I made and fitted that key from scratch as a test piece just to see how I'd get on. I put the 3rd 8ve tonehole in the lower down Marigaux position rather than the higher up Loree/Howarth position. Still works well enough though.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-03-24 05:42
Hey, Robin -
I've got a set of measurements for EH reeds you might find useful if you use 'American scrape' reeds.
One of my students went on to study with Stevens Hewitt and when I saw her next she had an EH reed he had made. I measured it all over with a dial indicator and used that 'map' as the basis for my EH reeds.
To answer the question you asked directly: yes, EH reeds are much like oboe reeds. They don't scale exactly proportionally, but visually they are very similar, and the choices you would make in finishing the reed are essentially the same.
Email me separately and I'll send you a copy of the 'map'.
- Bob
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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Author: Pattyoboe
Date: 2011-03-25 15:43
I played flute in elementary school (along with piano). My older sister was a decent flutist. I doubt I was. My mother suggested I switch to oboe, I'm guessing due to my being a weak player, but perhaps also to avoid sisterly competition. "Sure. What is it?" I replied. We listened to our classical radio station and she'd try to point out the oboe. Then we rented an instrument (some awful thing), and my sis's flute teacher handed me a PLASTIC reed! Ack! Went to a summer school band program, where the director played oboe, and the plastic reed was gone. I started pretty much on my own, working through a basic method book that taught forked F with the E-flat key and NO left F. (A habit I don't allow my students to fall into. Ever.)
So that was that. I picked it up when I was 11, between 6th and 7th grade and it "fit". Been doing it since then & I'm a whopping 54 ... so that's a lotta years!
And RobinDesHautbois, you should skip reading my blog; I whine about reeds. A lot. I'm the World's Worst Reed Maker™ & no one will ever convince me otherwise. (But I play well on bad reeds; what other choice have I?!) ;-)
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Author: mjfoboe
Date: 2011-03-25 16:16
I was sitting in the school auditorium (9th grade) when the music faculty asked - "who wanted to play an instrument?". So I went down to the basement and took a look. On the wall there was a poster of this strange looking instrument.
I didn't know what it was or how it sounded - but it sure looked different. So I chose it. It was an Oboe!
I returned to the instrument at age 40 when my daughter began to play a saxophone at school and I quickly told her to get an Oboe! She became a fine Oboist too. During the first ten years I studied a few minutes here and there with her teachers and I began to play in orchestras again.
These last 4 years I have studied seriously with a wonderful teacher. Now I am the principal player in two community orchestras.
It seems that a good music program at school is so important. Especially - to a blue collar kid from Brooklyn - who knew nothing about music!
Mark
Support Public School Music Education
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-03-25 16:38
How did you get that little trademark sign after The World's Worst Reed Maker? I seriously doubt that you are.
GoodWinds
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Author: Pattyoboe
Date: 2011-03-25 17:37
Cute, eh? I love the trademark sign ... and I'm just being goofy, of course; I somehow doubt I could claim that as my own. To use html one just uses & plus the word "trade" (without quotes) and the ; sign after. I wasn't sure if I could do that on this page, though, so I simply copied it from one of my blog entries. Hmm ... let me try it here and see if it comes out as the sign or if it just shows the code (if that's what one calls it ... I'm a computer idiot!): ™ <--there it is. :-)
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-03-25 18:46
I don't think you're ANY kind of idiot, that's just false humility. You're very capable, so pat yourself on the back, okay??? And thanks for the tip!
mary
GoodWinds
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Author: Pattyoboe
Date: 2011-03-25 19:01
But but but ... I'm so proud of my false humility! It's the one thing I do perfectly. ;-)
I really don't know much about computers; my husband helps me set things up and my daughter fills me in on html.
As for reeds ... I hate making them. I honestly do wonder if I would have stuck with oboe had I known about the wacky reed issue. I've been in the biz since 1975. I absolutely love oboe & English horn, but part of me really does wonder ....
Anyone else wonder about that or am I alone on this one? Hmm?
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-03-27 03:27
I don't think you have to love making reeds to be a good oboist, as long as you have a supply source to get the sound/response you love and need.
I'm a lousy knitter, I don't sew, and I don't garden very well. If you force yourself to do what you know you're just not great at, what an exercise in frustration!
So may you always buy beautiful and long-lasting reeds that are always in tune and never suffer from changes in the weather. And KEEP PLAYING!!!
mary
PS I really love making reeds, and probably my practice approach is terribly insufficient; most of the time, I practice in order to adjust reeds!... It would be fun to talk about this stuff... but the Board is the next best thing.
GoodWinds
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Author: Pattyoboe
Date: 2011-03-27 06:57
I should probably be clear ... I DO make reeds! I just don't care to do it. :-) I've been playing professionally for a long, long time, and I've NEVER enjoyed the reed making craft, although I had more patience for it when I was young.
But now I should leave this thread in peace ... :-)
(I just didn't want everyone thinking I was lazy enough to skip the reed making process all together!)
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Author: Pattyoboe
Date: 2011-03-27 20:43
Yeah, well, I very rarely comment, Cooper! I figure I say too much already on my blog! :-)
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Author: PrincessJ
Date: 2011-03-27 21:00
It's a beautiful instrument and few could argue. As a clarinetist I've decided the Oboe is a perfect compliment to my style as a musician and to the clarinet. Also, I decided to take up double reeds as a personal challenge.
-Jenn
Circa 1940s Zebra Pan Am
1972 Noblet Paris 27
Leblanc Bliss 210
1928 Selmer Full Boehm in A
Amateur tech, amateur clarinetist, looking to learn!
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Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-03-27 22:38
You have fun with that... and let us know how it goes!! (Most oboe players in my Experience got their start playing clarinet)
GoodWinds
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Author: OboeMother
Date: 2011-03-27 22:39
My son said it's because the oboe is the most difficult instrument to play. That's my kid!
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