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Re: Amateur Oboists...

Author: GAWN
Date: 2011-08-05 14:17

Dear Mark, dear Linda,

Thanks alot for your encouraging comments. Well, yes... I don't mind spending many more years practicing. I love the instrument, love playing it and I feel it does me good - it's a love relationship between me and 'her'. By the way, 'she' is a conservatoire system Howarth S5 from the mid 1990s and I got her from Howarth's in London directly. Before she has been played and loved by a lady in New Zealand who apparently took good care of her.
So for now, the instrument shouldn't be the problem.
The teacher - I started of with a very good teacher, but unfortunately my job took us to another town after a year and I got a new teacher there who's also very nice even though sometimes I could use a bit more feedback and advice on how to improve and what to pay attention to...
The reeds... that's definitely the most problematic part. At the beginning my teacher made them for me (and they were fantastic) but at the moment I have to buy reeds. I have tried a dozen different brands until I found a reed that I am somehow getting along with... I hope to attend a workshop on reed making as soon as possible in order to be at least able to fix/finetune bought reeds but for now I'm a bit helpless with this.
Finding a beginners ensemble will certainly be the next step...
I'd love to hear more about the experiences of all the amateurs out there... that's very encouraging!

Cheers,

Georg

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