Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-03-27 20:56
You should never leave any instrument fully assembled on a stand for any longer than you need to as water will collect in the sockets which will in turn soak and then dry out the tenon corks, so always put your oboe back in its case after playing. I see this a lot on instruments that have been left together for long periods at a time so I do not advise it at all.
To be honest, the action of playing Bb and C on conservatoire and dual system oboes is only a matter of putting down RH finger 1 instead of reaching for a side key - you have far more options on con/dual system oboes as you do with pure thumbplate as you don't always have the side G-Ab and won't have the G#-A trills on thumbplate systems.
However, have you considered a dual system S3 or similar? That's the ring key conservatoire system oboe that has a side Ab/Bb trill key (the one overlapping the side G-Ab trill key) so you can use that as a side Bb key and also an altissimo F# key (like the side Bb key on saxes will do in conjunction with the fingering for high F).
There is an S3 on Howarth's used instrument list - it was made back in 2001 by Steve Kelly and probably the last one ever made. It was made specially for a player I knew and this one I finished myself. It's currently pure conservatoire but can easily be converted to dual system.
http://www.howarth.uk.com/wo/manuals/2hoboes/OB1847.jpg
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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