 The Oboe BBoard
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Author: oboi
Date: 2013-08-09 21:50
You could try to clean it and oil up the keywork (valve oil should do) if you want to treat this as a project. Be careful if it is wood and make sure you break it in if it hasn't been played for a long time. After it's broken it, then you may oil the wood bore with BORE oil. Oboes have a lot of interconnecting keywork and so make sure you know where everything goes. I took 1 joint totally apart on mine and it took hours for me to get it back together. Never got to cleaning the other joint, haha.
When you've got it cleaned up but some notes don't sound well (but nothing seems mechanically wrong), I'd suggest showing this to a pro or an oboe technician to adjust all the keys. Oboes are notorious for having a lot of adjustment screws.
If you want to take it to a shop, it may get expensive. General woodwind repairers do NOT often know how to properly adjust oboes. I only take my oboe to an oboe specialist.
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frenchhornist |
2013-08-09 03:23 |
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Chris P |
2013-08-09 15:15 |
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cjwright |
2013-08-09 16:43 |
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Wes |
2013-08-09 19:37 |
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oboi |
2013-08-09 21:50 |
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2013-08-11 08:57 |
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