I have carried oboes, hautboys, ivory laden stuff, over the border many times, and have imported scores of modern and antique woodwinds. The Doanes don't...
Robert Howe
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Apr 4, 2006 10:04 am
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Hello! I just purchased a new Baroque oboe from Moeck, a Denner copy, that is supposed to play at A440. However when I play it it is about a whole step flat....
Hi everyone! I just got back from a conference in Zurich, Switzerland of orchestra librarians from around the world. I spent one evening talking to Majid Musa,...
Linda Leighton
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Apr 5, 2006 6:20 pm
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Hi All The Good News is that I'm playing the "Swan of Tounela" with the Farmington (CT) Valley Symphony Orch. this Sunday at Carnegie Hall, as part of a series...
Robert Howe
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Apr 6, 2006 10:40 am
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Hi Laura, I would recommend using modern english horn cane over d'amore cane. Typically one wants baroque oboe reeds to be easy blowing and relatively closed...
As far as I know the Moeck Denner copies were at 415 -- Harry vas Dias designed one for them some years ago. You'd probably be best off taking it to an...
MessageSteve: We had one of the Moeck's at the Univ. of North Texas that was at 440. It was also set up for a modern staple. Cecil ... From: Stephen Hammer To:...
Cecil Adkins
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Apr 7, 2006 1:11 pm
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I really appricate you all taking the time to give me some advice -- thanks! I printed off a copy of Steven Hammer's fingering chart for the Saxon Oboe and the...
Dear Laura, Check out the symphonies of Haydn by the Apollo Ensemble, directed by John Hsu. Mary K. I really appricate you all taking the time to give me some...
Mary Kirkpatrick
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Apr 7, 2006 5:01 pm
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There are a number of groups playing early Classica rep on period instruments, and James Webster is the authority on orchestral forces for Haydn's Esterhazy ...
Gee Whiz, Geoffrey, I would think, particularly after playing as much as you have in Dallas that you would have been aware of the University of North Texas...
Cecil Adkins
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Apr 7, 2006 7:44 pm
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Thanks Cecil for reminding us about the North Texas program. I'm certainly familiar with the string players who have been coming out of there: they are proving...
I recently helped out at North Texas-- They played Samson and the orchestra was a combination of the students in the early music program, teachers and some...
sarahsw@...
Apr 8, 2006 7:32 pm
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That's great to hear that woodwinds are not being ignored in the North texas program. In the North East Harvard and Yale have active collegia musica directed ...
www.hoboy.net/exercises ... From: hautboyresearch@yahoogroups.com [mailto:hautboyresearch@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wpadams12000 Sent: Wednesday, April 12,...
... I recently went through a nightmare shipping a classical clarinet from New York to its maker in Canada (Steve Fox) for repairs. I sent it via United...
I will chime in and state that shipping via UPS is nightmarish. They have reams of paperwork they require with questions such as the sources of the raw...
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I'm sure we all have nightmare stories about shipping instruments, and I agree w/ everyone that shipping USPS is best. The one thing to be wary of is that...
sarahsw@...
Apr 17, 2006 2:28 pm
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=7407379963&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 The seller describes this as a Wiener oboe, but it's...
It isn't a "Wieneroboe" in the Zuleger tradition, but it has the makers' stamp of a Viennese maker, and so is correctly described in that respect. Looks like...
... Stecher was a Viennese maker from late 19 and early 20 century. This oboe is a typical pre-Zuleger Viennese oboe, so that part of the advertising is ...
Robert Howe
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Apr 18, 2006 4:16 am
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am trying to get hold of the this German methode, mailnly because of the fingering charts. Any idea how I could get hold of a copy? Ofer...
Does anyone know what the closest modern instrument relative to an Oktavin? _http://cgi.ebay.de/straight-Oktavin-O-Adler-no-Oboe-Clarinet-Saxophone_W0QQit ...