Author: oboist2
Date: 2012-07-14 05:05
I play on a Fossati - and one of the older ones ( probably made about 1989) - Ever since I got it I was in love with it ( and had played and owned a Loree previously). This oboe is every bit as good and in the time that I have owned it, I have never had a major problem with it and it plays nice and evenly over the whole range.
I have never had an oboe yet that I can say was perfectly in tune, and of course intonation is affected by all sorts of variables.
The sweetest oboe I ever owned was a thumb plate Rudall Carte, simple octave system, ring keys and just a hole for G, it was unvented on the forked F and had no left hand F, but you could not beat it for sweetness of tone and it was a joy to play.
Really, try a few oboes out, get something that is affordable, and that you can enjoy playing. So much of the sound you eventually will produce is formed by what you visualise aurally in your head. Listen to great players, form a sound picture of the type of sound you would like to produce, then get a good teacher and work slowly and dilligently. Its not about how much you spend on an oboe, that you play the "right " brand or how many hours you put in.
You must firstly have an idea what you want to achieve, think very hard before and whilst you practise, work on reeds with a good teacher, and then you may make something of it IF you have the talent and the oboe is your instrument.
Thats just my thoughts on the matter. I wish you all the success
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