Peter Hurd 360.671.0696 Toll Free 1.800.419.5912 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Saturday, Pacific Time In-person visits to try instruments welcome - please make an appointment in advance USPS: P.O. Box 30826 Bellingham, WA 98228 USA USPS WILL NOT DELIVER TO OUR PHYSICAL ADDRESS UPS/FedEX/DHL: 4371 Gooding Ave. Bellingham, WA 98226 USA Baritone Sax-oboe in Eb, Cabart,the only known example. First, resolve to purchase an instrument with ALL the usual 'professional' keys! For oboe, this should be: left F, F resonance mechanism, articulated low B-C#, 'split ring' D, Ab - Bb right hand trill.

A 3rd octave key and low Bb resonance key should be thought of as optional. If a student begins on a 'student model' or 'modified' Conservatory instrument (instruments not having the full complement of keys), the transition to a full Conservatory system can be difficult. Illegal Tender Soundtrack Mp3 on this page. Playing a student model instrument necessitates the learning of 'bad' habits, such as having to compensate for the lack of a left F key by excessive use of the 'fork' F, or 'sliding' for (say) D to the usual F fingering. Buy the finest oboe you can possibly afford! I would say purchasing a fine, vintage professional model oboe in fine condition would be a far better investment than purchasing a new 'modified' or 'student' model oboe. The wood of the older instrument, especially ones made before (say) 1970s tends to be of a finer quality (in general) than most instruments made recently. The 'old' wood tends to be 'tight' grain from old trees.

The 'old' wood tends to have been aged for many years before being turned into an instrument. In the 1930s for instance, Loree made perhaps a 100 or so instruments per year. The stock of wood Loree used in the 1930s was likely aged for many years. Nowadays, Loree makes about 1200 instruments per year.

The 'old' ('aged') stocks of wood no longer exist, and the wood that is available tends to come from trees not as old as those cut in the 1930s. The 'new' wood tends to be 'porous' and 'open grain' in comparison to the old wood. Thus the 'new' wood is usually not as stable, and cracking, even severe cracking, and warping seem to plague recent production. Pangsapuri Vista Subang. Over the years much talk has been generated on the subject of 'blown out oboes' (see IDRS digest archives on this topic).

Can any one tell me where I can find out about a serial number on a Loree Oboe. Minecraft Full Version Windows 7 Offline. Year.html There is no actual organized system for the serial numbers on Loree Oboes.

The idea is that after a number of years of playing the bore of an oboe will change so much that the instrument will loose its 'pitch centers' and become 'unstable.' Al Laubin measured the bores of all the oboes returned the factory over the years for repair. Even over the course of 30 year's time, Laubin can not report that even one instrument had changed detectably.

Personally, I think that the possibility of 'blowing out' an oboe lies in the realm of mythology. One of the most beloved oboes in my collection is a well used Loree from 1927, now completed restored, gold plated. It has no cracks, and the wood is a dense as I have ever seen on an oboe instrument.