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Re: Hiniker oboes

Author: maplereed
Date: 2011-03-30 05:57

My turn:

My score for oboes currently is: Laubin - 2
Hiniker - 2

If you count my oboe d'amore and English horn then it is 3 each.

I have a grenadilla Laubin from 1973, and a Rosewood purchased in early 1980. Both are beautiful instruments. And of course my wonderful English horn from 1974. A gem. But I mostly use a Hiniker bocal on it!

Hiniker - # 18 and # 34. Peter Hurd brought me #18 to try a few years ago and I wouldn't give it back. Bought it on the spot. A couple of months ago he handed me #34 - same thing - mine in a few minutes.

They are beautiful instruments - nice even intonation and a beautiful clear sound. I recently sent one of them off to the principal oboist of a professional orchestra in the midwest so she could experience a good Hiniker and decide if she wanted to put her name on the list. She liked it a lot, and may buy it if I decide to sell it. In the meantime she is now on that long list.

About the oboe d'amore - so far the only Hiniker-ish one in existence as far as I know. An old instrument completely redone by Tom Hiniker. I played the Bach A major concerto on it just last month. I have a Hiniker bocal for it, but lately I prefer a Loree #1 - go figure.

I have tried at least 6 Hiniker oboes. One of them is the one Matt Dine used to own which now has a clear acrylic top joint. I passed on that one so a friend could buy it. She and I play together regularly and it is really nice to have a Hiniker oboe section!
Peter's snakewood oboe is beautiful.
Not long after I bought #18 I tried #17. They were so similar I had to look to see which one I was playing. And the one which originally belonged to Peter, then Cooper, I had for a couple of weeks last year to try.

If you can get your hands on a Hiniker don't let it go!!

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