Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-10-31 03:51
In my experience, the playability of a leaky instrument depends on where the leak is. The higher up on the pipe, the worse the overall response of the instrument. If all the notes on an instrument play, but it blows hard, I immediately suspect a leak.
I once bought a clarinet with a bad crack in the tone hole of the second-finger chalumeau "E" (oboe equivalent would be the half-hole key). The notes above that spot (F, G, A and Bb) played ok, in both registers. The notes below it played hesitantly or not at all.
At the very least, it seems to me that Dutchy's loaner oboe is out of adjustment.
Susan
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