Author: heckelmaniac
Date: 2014-02-10 05:24
I love Kreul oboes (and the "stencil" Kreul oboes such as Kreul/Mirafone, Kreul/Gordet, Kreul/Lucerne. Kreul/Mueller, and others).
Although almost all of the Kreul oboes without full professional model key-work (to wit: at minimum left F, F resonance, split ring D, articulated C#, Ab-Bb trill, G#-A trill), will play as well as the professional model instruments (even the most basic "student" oboe), I highly recommend that even a beginner have the benefit of having all of the professional key-work from the start if at all possible. I can do without a 3rd octave key and low Bb resonance on the bell, though an oboe ideally should have all the rest of the "professional key-work."
Kreul oboes were of two distinct types:
"Heavy weight" (thick wall) c. 90%+ of Kreul/Gordet and Kreul/Lucerne
oboes will be of this type. Still has the "darkest" sound of any oboe extant I know of.
"Standard weight" (medium wall) c. 90% of Kreul/Mirafone oboes will be of this type. Still a fairly "dark" sound, though not "hopelessly dark." You can play the Poulenc "Sextour" convincingly on the "standard weight" Kreul.
The Kreul "standard weight" is one of my favorite oboes in the realm of 1970s-1990s instruments.
Another thought about Kreul oboes- often swapping out the original bell for a Covey bell will made a great improvement in the low B and Bb...
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