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Numerous cracks in Marigaux?

Author: newedit617
Date: 2014-11-27 05:33

Well this was quite a bad surprise!

In 1997 I purchased a new Rigoutat RIEC. It has never cracked, and it continues to play very well. I used a case humidifier and swabbed the oboe after playing, but I can't say I was particularly careful to do anything else to avoid cracks.

A couple of years ago I purchased a used Marigaux 901 made in 1993. It had two small repaired cracks in the upper trill key area. Last week I took it in to an excellent local repair person for regular yearly maintenance. I had noticed that high F# would not play, and quiet dynamics were difficult. He discovered NUMEROUS new cracks: below the B key, two within the A tone hole, below the A key, within the G# tone hole... and filled in some other places in the upper joint. He repaired them and the oboe played wonderfully this evening... but... is this unusual? Have I somehow been extremely negligent? The oboe never leaves the house (I don't perform right now) and thus isn't exposed to temperature extremes. I still have the RIEC, kept in the same house and played occasionally, and it still has no cracks.

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