Author: oboist2
Date: 2022-07-06 01:02
This really depends where you live. If you are in the UK a dual system or staying with thumbplate makes sense, but if you elsewhere, thumb plate instruments are not the norm so you consider the change. When I was young in NZ, most people played thumbplate but now few do, similarly in Australia. I changed from Thumbplate to conservatoire after many years playing and had no problems at all making the change, I mastered the change inside a week. Then many years later I went back to thumbplate and the change back was even quicker. Both systems have their advantages and challenges but personally, I find thumbplate easier and prefer the sound I get on the B flats and C. However, if I needed to borrow an instrument in an emergency, it would be difficult as few thumbplate instruments exist where I am. All my students play conservatoire and that is what I would recommend for the area I now live in.
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