Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2004-04-29 13:29
Alt --
Thanks so very much for your excellent response to my question about your experience with the new Yamaha vs. the old Loree. Your comments give me the confidence to feel that my need for a less-hard reed isn't just a function of my inexperience, but is maybe "the way to go" on the Yamaha.
I am also a clarinetist, and I know from experience that different instrument/mouthpiece combinations work better with different reeds. It just wasn't as clear to me that this was is also true of the oboe.
Right now, my reed choices seem to still be either "too hard" or "too soft". What I have been doing is getting a harder reed, and adjusting it down -- with the attendant possibility of taking it too far in the other direction. I have not yet tried messing with the length, as I tend to play sharp all the time, anyway -- except on the tones above G (the ones that need the third register key), which are flat unless I increase my air pressure quite a bit.
I got my Yamaha second-hand from a young person who had to quit playing. It is only four years old and in beautiful shape, and had already been repadded with cork pads. I knew very little about the instrument at the time -- just that it was a big step up from what I had been playing. From the comments I see on this board, I think I made a good choice, but I still would like to try some of the others (Loree, Fox, Rigoutat) for comparison -- always looking ahead to the "next" step!
Thanks again --
Susan
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