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Author: jhoyla
Date: 2016-11-21 16:48
I have had good results with cane from many suppliers.
I doubt the best oboe cane suppliers would "shoot themselves in the foot" by back-channelling the premium cane to professionals only. However, it is likely that professionals make more reeds and are more vested in the results, so are more likely to pay premium prices for truly excellent cane. Thay are more likely to know who's cane is good in any given season, just through their strong contacts in the oboeing world.
If you look at the website for (say) oboecane.com (an outfit based in Germany that provides cane all over the world, at a price), you can see that they allow you to specify absolutely everything about the cane you order - gouge thickness at the middle and at the sides, hardness, curvature etc. etc. Hard to see how they could "cream off" the best stuff when everything is so carefully measured and gauged, especially since the "Hard" cane is sold at a premium price. Nick Deutsch set up oboecane.com with this flexibility and accuracy in mind. I have no idea of the extent of his involvement with the company today and I have no vested interest, but I once bought ~100 pcs of gouged cane and roughly 90% of it was exactly what I ordered. They also threw in enough extra cane to make up for the occasional dud piece.
J.
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Barry Vincent |
2016-11-21 13:13 |
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Re: Exclusive cane for Professionals only ? new |
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jhoyla |
2016-11-21 16:48 |
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Barry Vincent |
2016-11-22 02:13 |
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ckoboe777 |
2016-11-24 01:17 |
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Wufus |
2016-12-01 18:48 |
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Barry Vincent |
2016-12-02 01:03 |
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veggiemusician |
2016-11-26 10:20 |
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