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Re: Repaired crack.. now stuffy?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-06-10 19:51

I wouldn't like to think so as that might end up in the wrong hands. Oboes aren't the most user friendly woodwind instruments and you really ought to do your time as a repairer before taking a screwdriver to one.

More is learnt hands on than can be gained from reading hard facts laid out in books as there are so many variables that text books can't always cover which is where intuition or improvisation takes over. Just like playing music, you have to play the stuff that's not written as opposed to playing every single note, dot and dash to the letter - be flexible instead of being blinkered as there are loads of ways to do things other than the one single way that's described in one book.

If you do want to jump in at the deep end, then doing oboe repair first will make most other woodwind repair techniques seem easy by comparison. But only work with an experienced oboe specialist as opposed to a general woodwind repairer who only sees a couple of basic student models at the most per year.

I'd suggest if you want to start out with woodwind repair, start with clarinets, then saxes, then flutes and only then move onto oboes once you've gained competence with the others.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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