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Re: Cheaper Oboes

Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2014-10-05 08:23

Thanks for the informative response guys. At the moment I only have one Oboe, and that is a Howarth S55c Dual System. I'm using it to perform in the local theatre orchestra (Reed 2) in the musical 'Beauty & The Beast'. I'd like to have another Oboe as a standby instrument but certainly can't afford another Oboe of the same quality as the Howarth. My 'standby ' instrument at the moment is my Flute just in case the unlikely situation arises that my Howarth goes out of adjustment and I'm unable to readjust it.
Yes, I can imagine that the keywork on these cheaper Oboes would not be up to the standard of the quality instruments.
Incidentally, I don't have a Cor Anglais either so I"m using the Oboe to put in as much of the Cor Anglais part as I can. When the Cor part goes too low I use my C Clarinet. The lowest note of the Cor being B natural below middle C , it so happens that this is playable on the lowest note of my C Clarinet (low E ) Very convenient. Nothing like the beautiful melancholic sound of the Cor though.

BJV
"The Oboe is not a horn"

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Post Edited (2014-10-05 08:25)

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