Perfect answers in every respect, and I agree with everything you've said. These QandA sessions are wonderful! Please have more of them. Thank you, Marin, for enlightening your fans with these clear, insightful answers. As another of your fans said below, I have the exact same experience with and opinions about the Marigaux vs Loree and the American vs the European scrape! Your explanation of the Marigaux / Loree sound comparison is one for the record books! Perfect.
Thank you very much, it was a great Q&A. Very helpful inderdeed. I am looking forward to the next Q&A session because I have more questions. Bye, Frank.
Your remarks about English horn vs oboe really struck me. The Eh is SO much easier: lots more air used, so much less pressure needed, feels so much more natural than oboe breathing. For me the main Eh challenge is hitting a clean C#. I now have put some cork in the D key hole to make it a bit easier. I must say though, that even for an elderly amateur like me, the Eh is a side dish, lovely sound and fun to play, but it's not the eerie beauty of the oboe, even with all its challenges.
I would totally agree, thank you for the comment. There are of course a few little things that are specific to the EH but overall it's much easier like I said. I love the oboe still a bit more probably because it's more challenging and when it works well the satisfaction is great!
I share your experience with marigaux vs. Loreè oboes and American vs. “European” reeds. Not playing a marigaux at the moment (Ludwig Frank), but I always see myself going back to one. Editing to add when I learned the importance of matching the oboes bore with the dimension of the staples my wold changed.
I've written about this before, but the Bulgheroni I bought a year ago continues to change in lovely ways. Try one if you can. I wound up buying new at their workshop because 2 years of searching and I couldn't find a used one (Opera model). I have found the oboe sound I hear in my mind.
Perfect answers in every respect, and I agree with everything you've said. These QandA sessions are wonderful! Please have more of them. Thank you, Marin, for enlightening your fans with these clear, insightful answers. As another of your fans said below, I have the exact same experience with and opinions about the Marigaux vs Loree and the American vs the European scrape! Your explanation of the Marigaux / Loree sound comparison is one for the record books! Perfect.
Thank you, much appreciated! Will be doing those again for sure.
Thank you very much, it was a great Q&A. Very helpful inderdeed. I am looking forward to the next Q&A session because I have more questions. Bye, Frank.
Your remarks about English horn vs oboe really struck me. The Eh is SO much easier: lots more air used, so much less pressure needed, feels so much more natural than oboe breathing. For me the main Eh challenge is hitting a clean C#. I now have put some cork in the D key hole to make it a bit easier. I must say though, that even for an elderly amateur like me, the Eh is a side dish, lovely sound and fun to play, but it's not the eerie beauty of the oboe, even with all its challenges.
I would totally agree, thank you for the comment. There are of course a few little things that are specific to the EH but overall it's much easier like I said. I love the oboe still a bit more probably because it's more challenging and when it works well the satisfaction is great!
I share your experience with marigaux vs. Loreè oboes and American vs. “European” reeds. Not playing a marigaux at the moment (Ludwig Frank), but I always see myself going back to one. Editing to add when I learned the importance of matching the oboes bore with the dimension of the staples my wold changed.
Same here! But I'll never give up my Marigaux oboes - absolute TOPS!
Frank is awesome! Smaller production and super quality. I respect his work a lot.
I've written about this before, but the Bulgheroni I bought a year ago continues to change in lovely ways. Try one if you can. I wound up buying new at their workshop because 2 years of searching and I couldn't find a used one (Opera model). I have found the oboe sound I hear in my mind.