Author: Loliver
Date: 2012-10-10 11:14
The crook/bocal I use is a Howarth XL2, which is the middle one out of lengths 1-3. One of the first things I did when I got the instrument was to change crook/bocal, as the original Boosey and Hawkes ones made it sound very tinny. I think I tried Howarth XL1 and 2, and a Loree 1 and 2.
I don't know what it is, but over the past month my oboe playing has improved massively, but I seem to have lost all ability to play Cor well, even though I practice them both as much as each other. I'm trying not to lose my patience, but I am bricking it as I have 6 hours of rehearsals this week, all of which on a reed which works well for about 1 hour, then slowly rises in pitch.
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