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 Re: How long before an oboe settles down to your playing
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2011-06-05 20:09

I can't remember who mentioned something about their plastic Loree - either an oboe or d'amore and a wooden one of the same model and vintage which played pretty much identically when new, but the wooden one had developed over time timbre-wise whereas the PVC one didn't yield.

Talking clarinets here, years ago I serviced a Normandy clarinet which didn't appear to be anything special, but when I play-tested it the tone was remarkable and was on par with a Leblanc Concerto or Opus if not better. It was bought used and was from a company in the UK that import pawn shop instruments from the US and the owner at the time (an elderly beginner) had played it non-stop since she bought it when she upgraded from her plastic clarinet. Either this clarinet had something special in it (maybe it was originally intended to be a pro Leblanc but there were some flaws) or being played for several hours a day since it was bought had an influence on it.

This is a topic of debate and probably more intense a topic than comparing the timbre of both wood and plastic instruments - some may agree and others may not as to which is better and why, science may prove or dismiss claims why they play the same or differently, but these things do happen and it's hard to pinpoint exactly what is going on and there's no definitive answer as to which is best.

There's only one way to find out ...

FIGHT!

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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