Author: Dutchy
Date: 2006-12-19 22:23
If the Wiki article is correct (and if it isn't, then someone who knows more about it than me should edit it), if you're looking for a "Boehm" oboe, you'd be looking for an early 20th century antique oboe. IOW, it looks like they don't make them anymore.
In all my perusing of oboe makes and models in purchasing my current oboe, I never heard of an oboe billed as a "Boehm" oboe being available.
However, it's worthwhile to note that the modern oboe as we know it owes a heavy debt to the idea of the Boehm system, which utilizes elaborate keywork to enable holes to be drilled where the acoustic demands of the vibrating column of air require it, and then covered or uncovered, regardless of whether the human hand can reach the actual holes. So in a certain sense, the oboe you're playing today can be considered a "Boehm" oboe, as opposed to, say, a Baroque oboe that has its holes drilled so your hand can reach them, not where it makes the most optimal acoustic sense.
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