 The Oboe BBoard
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2019-07-04 23:39
If you mean the C# key, then that has to be sprung closed with a relatively heavy gauge spring going by oboe standards.
If it's an articulated C# (you can hold the RH C# key down and the low B/Bb closes it), then the pad cup is sprung open with a flat spring which is in turn overcome by the spring on the C# overlever which (like a fixed C#) has a strong needle spring. Make sure you use a suitable silencing material on the overlever as that has to be both durable and low friction - I normally use rubco/tech cork coated with graphite as that has both properties as well as keeping key noise relatively low. Natural cork will war through and Teflon will be too noisy on its own, but thin self-adhesive Teflon sheet can be laminated on top of rubco.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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steve1221 |
2019-07-04 08:31 |
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Chris P |
2019-07-04 23:39 |
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steve1221 |
2019-07-05 09:22 |
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steve1221 |
2019-07-05 09:23 |
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Chris P |
2019-07-05 18:36 |
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steve1221 |
2019-07-06 05:13 |
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Chris P |
2019-07-11 22:14 |
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steve1221 |
2019-07-13 07:15 |
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