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Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2011-08-19 04:32
On very dry years in Colorado (18 years now and some are very different from others.... with nearly 0% humidity in the dry kinds of winter seasons...) my oboes and ehorn will shrink and some keys will start to bind. August is also a challenge some years.
The first key to bind is always low c#, it gets sluggish or simply will not open. True on both oboes and my ehorn.
That has become the warning beacon for me...
Then, and soon as possible, I take my 2 oboes and english horn into a bathroom after a shower and let them take in the residual moisture for a while. I tend to repeat this 3 times over 3-4 days.
Then I ensure I place the instruments back in closed cases and place orange peelings on top a plastic sandwich baggie laid on top of the keys. (keeps acids off the silver).
I also re-oil the bore and wipe down as much exterior wood as possible.
So far, no cracks, and usually the binding key problems go away in a day or two.
Most of this I learned from teachers and other players along the way.
Only oboe I ever had crack was one I never bore oiled. And that was in MD in the early 70s... bad day, but it caused me to meet Paul Covey and I am still grateful for that.
Post Edited (2011-08-19 04:33)
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Oboe Craig |
2011-08-19 03:26 |
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Oboe Craig |
2011-08-19 04:32 |
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2011-08-19 04:05 |
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