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Re: The Bb Oboe

Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-11-24 23:07

It'll probably sound somewhere in between - like a clarinet but with more brightness, though it'll still behave like a clarinet in that it'll overblow a 12th.

I'd suggest making a crown assembly with a short tapered metal tube to fit a bassoon reed (or even a contrabassoon reed) onto rather than an oboe reed due to the large bore diameter, but that's only if an oboe reed doesn't work too well.

I was thinking of doing a similar thing with a bassoon reed on a soprano sax. Since a soprano sax mouthpiece can work on a bassoon, I don't see why the opposite can't be done.

Narrow cylindrical bore instruments with double reeds (and a very limited range) were popular during the Renaissance era, and had largely gone by the time of Baroque as the oboe and bassoon reigned supreme.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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