do any hautboy players have email addresses for either Olivier Cottet or Laurent Verjat? Â Kevin Hall do any hautboy players have email addresses for either...
Laurent Verjat 18 Rue Jean Moinon 75010 Paris France Tel: +33 142455520 Workshop: Route Bar-Seine 10110 Villemorien, France Tel: +33 325293824 ... From: Kevin...
According to Phil Young's book, there are two extant Eichentopf oboes: one in Lisbon, the other at the Handelhaus, Halle. My understanding is that most copies...
I know that Harry Vas Dias recently measured one of them-- most likely Lisbon. He was there in 2005. He may have measured the other in the past also. Harry...
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Apr 17, 2009 3:18 pm
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Dear Group, A student of mine is looking for a used classical oboe (A-430) for sale. Does anyone know of an instrument, ideally either in US or in Germany? I'd...
Marianne Pfau
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Apr 17, 2009 4:03 pm
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Geoffrey: I know of five soprano oboes, 2 oboes d'amore, and one oboe d'caccia between the two Eichentopfs: Johann Heinrich (2 sopranos and the three larger...
Geoffrey: Let's try a rerum on my earlier message. In my list I misread the Johann Friedrich as Eichentopf. These three are really Engelhard. There is no...
Dear Geoffrey, et.al., I measured and played the Lisbon Eichentopf in 1980, but haven¹t played the Halle one, so I can¹t really compare their playing...
Sand & Tara Dalton
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Apr 18, 2009 4:58 am
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Hi Sand, Thanks for your detailed response. It's good then that we have the two Eichentopfs as you as a maker can use details that might be in a more original...
Geoffrey, The Halle Eichentopf does not seem to have been modified, so it useful as a comparison and ³check² against the other. Some Eichentopf instruments...
Sand & Tara Dalton
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Apr 18, 2009 3:23 pm
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Sand: I have encountered the separated baluster several times with other makers, but the appearance of this technique is so seldom and so random that I had...
Cecil, The oboe d’amore looked to have never been glued, the long tenon having the usual rebated scorings that would have secured thread to secure the sleeve...
Sand & Tara Dalton
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Apr 18, 2009 6:11 pm
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Sand: We have probably seen a number of the same instruments. As I recall, several have been lapped with thread like the lower joints, but several have been...
Dear all, In Charleston, South Carolina in 1773, John William Beck advertised "that he teacheth to play on the following instruments, viz., clarinet, flauto...
Lasocki, David
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Apr 30, 2009 8:39 pm
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Fellow Baroque Oboe Entusiasts--Allow me to be the first to suggest that the Oboe de Simon is clearly the companion instrument to the Oboe de Garfunkel... ... ...
Dear Alan, I am sorry to learn that you are suffering from anachronitis. Best wishes. David David Lasocki, Ph.D. Head of Reference Services, Cook Music...
Lasocki, David
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May 1, 2009 10:28 am
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Jokes aside, now I'm very curious to know what an oboe de Simon is. Could it possibly refer to the maker? As in: the oboe Simon made? Sarah ... From: "David...
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May 1, 2009 12:58 pm
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Dear Sarah, ... Remember that Beck, whose first name was not Simon, was advertising instruments that he made himself. Therefore your ingenious theory is...
Lasocki, David
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May 1, 2009 1:35 pm
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Is that "Simon" in handwriting? Could it possibly read as something else? 2009/5/1 <sarahsw@...>...
Dear Jordi, ... Could it possibly read as something else? No it’s an advertisement in a newspaper. Of course, the typesetter could have misread Beck’s...
Lasocki, David
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May 1, 2009 1:46 pm
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I'm with Sarah in hoping we can actually turn something up here! Given the scant amount of info on the hautboy in Colonial America, this is Intriguing. From...
David, .....maybe it¹s an oboe d¹amore?? Simon = the god of Marriage, Hymen?? Best, Sand ... Re: [hautboyresearch] Oboe de Simon David, .....maybe its an...
Sand & Tara Dalton
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May 1, 2009 2:49 pm
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All I find on p. 457 is an oboist in Madrid in 1701 Jacques Simeon Mangot, unless I'm missing something. ... From: "William Thauer" <thauer@...> To:...
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May 1, 2009 2:51 pm
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It does (!), by clearly removing a possibility. Thanks for checking....
Dear Sand, <.....maybe it's an oboe d'amore?? Simon = the god of Marriage, Hymen?? I agree that an oboe d'amore is likely. But I'm not sure I get the...
Lasocki, David
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May 1, 2009 3:08 pm
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Yes, maybe a puritanical prohibition about printing a word that could be construed as something else? ... Re: [hautboyresearch] Oboe de Simon Yes, maybe a...