Author: jamesoboe
Date: 2015-05-03 08:59
Hi Craig
Thanks for your kind comments. At work we're coming to the end of a week of avant garde music which makes one question why on earth one plays the oboe/cor anglais for a living! It means a lot when people, such as your good self, write a few encouraging words in support and appreciation.
To answer your question, I play a Loree Cor Anglais coupled with a relatively thin-walled Howarth no 2 silver crook. I've always used an RDG number 1 shaper tip (minus 1, I believe, is standard) as wider shaper tips seem easier to make a rounder sound on, at least for me, that is!
I recently bought a new Marigaux Cor Anglais as a backup and potential replacement for my ageing current instrument. Time will tell how that works out, but I'm in no great rush to change over, intending, as I am, to blow the new instrument in slowly, in hopes of reducing the inevitable cracking in the top joint, which seems to go hand in hand with this particular make.
Warmest regards
James
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