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Re: Repaired crack.. now stuffy?

Author: oboeyogi
Date: 2017-06-10 13:49

Hi Sarah

Richard is one of the best oboe techs in Australia.

I spent some time at his place test out the Howarth XM oboes to my old Marigaux 901 (made in 1985). I did have sleepless nights about getting the XM but my fingers work better on the Marigaux M2.

But any way the adjustment on the 901 was spot on and played well. its not what i would call a good sealing oboe 5 seconds on the top joint and 3 on the bottom. Richard said that the only way to get the oboe of that age to seal to the 30 seconds is to fill / varnish / or recut the tone holes where the pads seat. As with a wood oboe you can get little grain opening on the wood on the pad edge (I know the there is a name for it ) This could be the case with your oboe too.

The other thing you could try to find the leaks your self and maybe re-pad them as well. If you think the oboe has had its days you may not have any thing to lose. But time and learn a new skill.

I once bought a bassoon old on ebay for about $400 AUD for the fun of trying to get it to work which after 2 weeks got it going quiet well after some pad replacements , tone hole varnishing and other things.

Sorry about your oboe

thanks Nicholas

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