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Re: keywork question: C & Eb

Author: mosh
Date: 2006-11-30 23:47

Interesting topic,

I think there could be at least 3 reasons:

#1 Looking at Baroque oboes and Recorders could led the way in explaining this. The eb on a Baroque oboe is also located to the side ( like modern oboe) in comparison to the C. So perhaps the answer is tradition.

#2 Another answer could simply be acoustics of a conical bore ? If we use the flute as an example with the eb first then the C after ( in the key set up), this works due to the fact it is a cylindrical bore not Conical ??

#3 The third option is could be due to the modern placement of the c# key and the relation to the low C key. I mean low c-c# is one of the big problems when playing down there and perhaps turned around it would be almost impossible ??

Any Oboe makers out there on the discussion board whish to clarify ?

Just some thoughts.

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