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Re: Odd baritone/bass the key of Eb by Cabart

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-10-11 06:24

Take as many measurements from it as you can! An Eb cor anglais can be a very useful bit of kit when it comes to playing military band transcriptions that are usually in keys from four to seven flats that have been shunted up a semitone from otherwise comfortable original orchestral keys. Plus the long and short of it is the fact I'm far more adept to sax fingerings over dual/conservatoire system fingerings.

I can't see why sax fingered oboes like this aren't more accepted in the oboe community as so many are very quick to dismiss them in favour of a key system that has evolved and became more complex over time instead of one that was invented by Theobald Boehm that was a complete and radical departure.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

Independent Woodwind Repair Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
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