Hi, Many contributors to the group will be familiar with the method used by recorder and flute makers to 'map' critical segments of the bores of their...
Dear Jem, I have used this technique for some time, though without being very systematic about it or "mapping" the bore except to learn a few odd things and...
Mary Kirkpatrick
mkirk7@...
Apr 10, 2008 3:44 am
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Hi Jem, A suggestion for getting a blowing machine working without artificial lips or wetting would be to use a reed cap device like on the crumhorn. To...
Hi Scott, Thanks for this. I will try what you suggest - the blower works equally well with the lips cranked off the reed blowing it like a crumhorn. Dropping...
Dear Mary, Thanks for your very detailed and helpful reply. I first learned of the technique from Adrian Brown's 'The recorder: a basic workshop manual', but...
Dear list, it was not an easy decision for me but the best for an instrument is to be played regularly. So I will sell one of my baroque oboe d'amores (pitch...
Dear friends, I am playing a fine Stanesby oboe from Cottet. My playing is improving but not my reedmaking! I wonder if someone out there could help me and ...
Dear list, in the moment I am checking the locations of originals: Some are closed, some have moved some are renamed... - it is interesting history! By this I...
William Waterhouse died last November. I was not aware that he had any oboes in his collection. At least I have not seen any when I have visited. The...
This is from William Waterhouse's obituary in the Guardian: The culmination of his work was the building of a library next to the family retreat in...
sarahsw@...
Apr 16, 2008 6:41 pm
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I'd like to bring the group's attention to a wonderful new recording of Oboe Concerti of Johann Christian Fischer and Carl Stamitz, played by Die Kölner...
Thanks Peter again for the amazing work !! In The Hague, there are some changes (Dutch people have a great talent for building and moving). The whole...
Hi, How old is it? I am seeking artist quality recorders from before 1970 for a project. Robert Howe...
arehow@...
Apr 24, 2008 1:39 am
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Hello, there. I have a drawing of Grundmann hautboy which is at Musical instruments museum at Brussels. I find for drawings which have some corps. Could you...
Hello I writed before asking help of baroque oboe drawings and construction. I have a friend that will help me to start to construct baroque oboes, but we have...
Interesting question -- you want a wood that is hard, smooth, not too heavy, and resonant. I have tried instruments from grenadilla, rosewood, lignam vitae,...
These are difficult questions, and also personal taste is involved. I have made instruments of maple, plum and apple which I like. I have made oboes of pear...
Paul Hailperin
P.Hailperin@...
Apr 28, 2008 7:04 am
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Dear List Members, I am looking for a good used Baroque oboe for a student. Many thanks for any leads you might have, --Marianne...
Marianne Pfau
mpfau@...
Apr 30, 2008 11:00 pm
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Hello, I try to attack high F which note oboe quartetto by mozart. large diameter of staple bottom large diameter of staple top adjust length of...
Yanagita, What I have found helps with the response of high F is that there is more space below the staple, so if you keep the same exposed length to the reed,...
This is very interesting, Geoffrey. Thanks much! I wonder, is there a similar relationship between end of staple inside the counter bore (space below the...
Marianne Pfau
mpfau@...
May 5, 2008 3:37 pm
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Thank you G. Burgess. I forgot to write about insert length(depth). Now, the length 15 mm. your advice is that the length is shorter by cutting ? I try it ! ...
I"m not sure. I think gigh C will definitely be less easy to attack with too much space below the staple, the other notes I can't speak about. Perhaps someone...
Hi, Burgess I have tried on your advise. I can attack high F at 423 hz *staple length 44 mm *insert depth 7 mm *tip width 8.6 mm perhaps, using a fasson with...
Hi all, There is definitely a relationship between the diameter of the bottom of the staples, how much is or is not in the oboe etc. on stability and attack....
You certainly bring up another interesting topic here, Matthew: standardized pitch! My Bradbury copy is so happy at about 412, and if I could play at that...
Marianne R. Pfau
mpfau@...
May 6, 2008 9:16 pm
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... I can remember seeing reverse steps too. Examples at hand: middle joint to bell on the Eichentopf d'amore in Brussels, and the Humler tenor oboe in Basel...
Paul Hailperin
P.Hailperin@...
May 7, 2008 6:34 am
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I don't want to go on record with a vote against flexible pitch standards. But one thing that should be considered is that there are people with "absolute...
Paul Hailperin
P.Hailperin@...
May 7, 2008 6:46 am
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Dear Marianne, In addition (from an amateur's standpoint), I sometimes find it useful to try to play slow movements along with recordings. This would pose a...
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