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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-01-07 22:49
From the looks of the instrument pictured in the link above, I'd say it is an older student-grade instrument, or at most, an intermediate grade, with pot-metal keys -- perhaps stamped rather than forged. The wood also looks very dried out. Note that it does not have advanced (full conservatory) keywork (split D, L.H. F. etc.).
I have a (borrowed) Cabart English Horn of roughly the same vintage, and it appears likewise distressed -- and sounds even more distressed. It wasn't a very good instrument, even when it was new. I'd guess the same about the LaMargus.
Susan
(just home to the dreary cold of Ohio after a week-long sail on a four-masted schooner in the Caribbean)
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shutes |
2007-01-07 20:02 |
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Chris P |
2007-01-07 20:33 |
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oboe1960 |
2007-01-07 21:43 |
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ohsuzan |
2007-01-07 22:49 |
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Chris P |
2007-01-07 23:25 |
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