Author: CocoboloKid
Date: 2011-04-08 14:00
I think the simplest and most definitive answer to whatever it is you are trying to discover can be found in this statement that Jonathan made earlier in the thread:
"For me, I can only say that I believe we all sound the way we sound DESPITE the equipment in our hands. Some horns simply make it easier for us to find our voice, but find that voice we will, regardless."
The reason you thought all of his recordings were made on the same oboe is because they all sound like HIM. Picking a new instrument is not about finding a DIFFERENT sound, it is about finding the instrument that makes it EASIEST to sound like *YOU*, that's all. He clearly feels that it is much easier to produce HIS particular sound (and a lovely sound it is!) on a Hiniker oboe, and I would imagine that also translates into a heightened sense of joy playing the instrument.
I myself am going to get on the list, because I am very taken with his craftsmanship, and while I have no doubt that I would absolutely love the oboe, in the event that I didn't, much like with a Laubin, there will be NO shortage of people willing to try it out and buy it. It's a win-win situation, really!
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