 The Oboe BBoard
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Author: kenabbott
Date: 2003-03-13 11:04
This marks the initiation of the oboe bulletin board. Please spread the word.
Mark has asked me be moderator, so I will reserve the right to delete anything resembling self-promotion as well as any excessive flaming.
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Author: Clarence
Date: 2003-03-16 21:00
ken,
I have been researching oboes for a while and am looking forward to getting a used one. Any information anyone can give as to what to look for in a used oboe would be appeciated.
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Author: kmht
Date: 2003-03-25 13:25
Hi Ken, Most interested in your proposed site - probably the first of its kind for oboe. Good luck. Best wishes KMHT
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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-03-26 08:20
AT LAST......
i was waiting for a good oboe forum to emerge for months!
hope it'll be better than the bz clarinet board!
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2003-03-27 14:18
sömeone wrote:
> hope it'll be better than the bz clarinet board!
How would you make it "better"?
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Author: John Scorgie
Date: 2003-03-27 18:02
Ken (and Mark) --
Great news! I hope it will borrow framework and operating principles from the Sneezy board which IMHO is the finest instrumental board on the web.
I also hope that your oboe board will include information for us old clarinet/sax players who would love to learn oboe, particularly answers to questions such as:
Do modern oboes come with different fingering systems such as the German systems and Boehm systems for the clarinet?
Can I get a kit for making my own oboe reeds? (I already know how to make clarinet and sax reeds)
Do commercial ready made oboe reeds come in various strengths like soft, medium, hard?
Are there good low priced oboes similar to the Yamaha, Vito, and Selmer plastic clarinets and student saxes? Or do we have to spend $3M to buy a decent oboe?
Is the oboe air stream like the clarinet air stream? (I already know how to play double lip)
Is oboe vibrato done with the lips? vocal cords? diaphragm?
Do I use the same lip pressure to play the low register and the high register?
Thanks for any help you can give us. I THINK I know the answers to many of the above questions. However, I have learned to rely less on my own assumptions and seek out advice from those in a position to know from actual experience.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2003-03-27 20:32
Thank you for starting this new board. As an oboe player for many years, I hope I can learn something from it. As a comment on the many questions in the previous post, I would say that one must seek the help of a very experienced oboe player/teacher if one wants to play the oboe in public. Good luck!
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Author: CPW
Date: 2003-03-27 21:31
DITTO......I would love to learn more..
Congrats!!!
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-05-09 19:25
TKS and Congrats, Mark and Ken et al, for a sizeable expansion of WW.org to include the double reed family, bassoons as well? Will chime in with some facts and prob. too many opinions. One of the first needs IMHO is mention of texts on these. The old book by Philip Bate may be found in some libraries, a newer German-authored [Joppig?] is in a local library, of course Groves Dict. is usually found in modest-sized libraries also. Others, please add, such as titles-authors in the Menuhin series of inst books. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-05-12 09:42
more people in the board means more information that i can get and of course more that i can share with oboist around the world! i am asian you know....thats my definition of 'better'!
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-05-17 19:40
On our BBoards etc. where we frequently post, I'd suggest just adding a mention of oboe info becomming available here, thats the way, I believe, the CL-BB has become widespread and with Mark's "watching-over-us", is calm, ethical and professional!! Good word of mouth! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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