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2008-08-03 Cork problems: Hello Julie, This would be something you could repair yourself if you had some woodwind repair expertise. If you do, then you probably have all of the requisite tools for the simple job, but if you do...
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2008-07-25 purchasing an oboe for my daughter: Hello Anne, The split D ring is split in two, so when the left hand E flat/D sharp is used, the lower half closes, making the resulting trill a semitone instead of something much wider. It is not essential...
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2008-07-24 Value and Information: Hello John, There are no oboes listed with the R13A or R13B serial numbers. Also, the other numbers do not come up as an oboe. I suspect the six-digit number starting with four might be batch numbers...
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2008-07-22 purchasing an oboe for my daughter: Hello Anne, Unfortunately, the gap between good and bad oboes has no correlation on price. All the models you list are all right, but they all lack the split D ring, which is not essential, but worth...
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2008-07-22 Oboe information: Hello Tom, You have a decent horn on your hands, but a lot of the sound with a Loree comes from the bell, unbelievably. A good bell can make a dreadful instrument sound stunning, while an awful bell...
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