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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-11-24 22:50
I feel inspired by the last thread, yet I am fully aware that the following might cause discomfort and irritation among woodwinders worldwide, so please read the following with an open mind...
I am a humble clarinetist with slow fingers and tongue so I think it would be wise to stick with my (Marigaux) clarinet. Yet the sound of the oboe haunts me and for some time I have this gnarly idea of sacrificing an old clarinet mouthpiece and use some filler and epoxy and other odd ingredients to create a fake crown for an oboe reed assembly, to use on my clarinet (I know the reverse has been done).
I think this is more an academic question (why would I want to go through all the reed-making hassle?), but - how would that sound like? More like a clarinet or more like an oboe?
(fixed typo(s))
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Ben
Post Edited (2007-11-24 23:09)
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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
Independent Woodwind Repair Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: vboboe
Date: 2007-11-24 23:17
... play more recordings to let oboe haunt you, then play your versatile, rugged, and wider range clarinet all the more expressively inspired -- on clarinet reeds at least 50% cheaper ...
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-11-25 10:09
Ben, or should that be Dr. Klarinettenstein?
Will you be on the lookout for recently deceased clarinet parts?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repair Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-11-25 10:46
Yeah, I revive them, rather than split them into halves. <thunder crashes>
Oy. Now I have to rummage my VHS collection whether or not I have Young Frankenstein somewhere.
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Ben
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Author: wrowand
Date: 2007-11-26 16:53
You might also be interested in the Duduk which is another double-reed instrument with a cylindrical bore.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-11-29 23:13
> 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.
Does anything speak against a [bagpipe] chanter reed? Or are they completely unsuitable for oral, er, interaction? (I just see they're way cheaper, just for an experiment...)
(And, BTW, I'm a bit envious at you double reeders - y' get all the lyrical passages where we humble singlers have to play rearranged viola and violin riffs 'ahm-pu-pu-pu-ahm-pu-pu-pu' for 62 bars with an 'ahm-po-po-po' interlude at #37)
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Ben
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-12-08 18:41
Yeah, I'll take whatever parts that rapscallion Klarinettistein fails to pick up!!
Eu
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