What is this? I think it might be a piccolo oboe!
One reader has been having a difficult time finding staples that fit on his old Loree mandrel. Does anyone use an old Loree Mandrel? Which staples are your currently using for it? Any information would be useful.
At the request of a reader, I am mentioning to people that new Tabuteau book is coming out! Written by Laila Storch, Professor Emerita of the University of Washington, this book should be a fantastic resource to oboists and musicians alike. I’ve been told, it’s currently in the last stages of editing, and will be another several months before it is finalized, but it is certainly something to look forward to.
Meanwhile, I must say it is being published by Indiana University Press, who also published (and discontinued!) the Ledet’s Oboe Reeds Styles. That said, if they didn’t realize how important that book is to oboists and discontinued it, I don’t have much hope for them to keep the Tabuteau book on the market for long. So buy many! You’ll probably want one for yourself, and to give to your students in the future. Or maybe in 20 years you’ll be able to sell them for 500% resale!
So Helena finally got back to me, saying:
A French recital sounds great! There are a million of those French
conservatory pieces that I need to learn (so many Bozzas, so little
time…) And of course I’d love to do the Poulencs (I might even pick
the clarinet/bassoon sonata for my piece of choice, since my roommate
next year is a clarinetist). If we could organize a sextet (which
would probably be a bit of a challenge - yikes!), I’d
like to do the Thuille at some point, too. I’m just looking over your
blog entry right now at the list of stuff you want to do, and I
definitely feel similarly about almost everything on that list (e.g.
I’ve never done any Zelenka, and I’ve done the first two movements of
Nielsen so many times - but never the third movement with all of the
solo variations!!).
A clarinetist in the works, eh? Maybe it’s time to pull out the Francaix Divertissement as well!
I’m very excited to have a Bassoon buddy who is as excited about chamber works as I am. When I was at Interlochen, I had a good friend named Beth Ball who ended up going to BYU and later transferring to SUNY Geneseo before doing her Master’s at MSM. We played lots of stuff together, and had some of the best times that year. At Mich State, my old pal Kyle Anderson (roomie from Interlochen) and I began playing a bit together and we had a lot of fun as well. (Isn’t it amazing how much better you get along with people when you’re NOT living with them?)
Helena also mentioned that I should join Mu Phi Epsilon which appears to be some music fraternity (apparently with women as well). She said they are organizing monthly chamber performances, and that it’d be a good way to network. Plus, my oboe professor will be the supervising advisor. I have no idea about this membership, what it costs, or what I need to do, but I’m definitely NOT a Greek system kind of guy. Is anyone out there a member of Mu Phi Epsilon? Am I going to have to do anything stupid like run across campus in nothing but women’s underwear?
It looks like a legitimate post.
An LE Loree for $550 currently? Who’s going to bid on it? Should be going for closer to $3000 or so!
I’m tempted just to bid and resell it if it’s not any good.
An old-style Malerne - $42 I’m the highest bidder yet
An RDG single radius oboe gouging machine for $500. I prefer a double radius setup, but For all of high school I used a RDG and then in college I bought a Ross.
The Oboe by Leon Goosens. Currently at $5.
