AboutGeoffrey Bridge Expertise Professional oboist with many years experience. Former pupil of Leon Goossens. Solo artist for Arts Council of Great Britain. Freelance recitalist/broadcasting/orchestras. Former Head of woodwind teaching in Hampshire, England. Questions on repertoire, playing styles, reeds, cane selection and processing.
Experience Royal College of Music
Licenciate of the Royal Academy of Music
General Teaching Council certificate
Broadcast solo recitals/performed with major symphony orchestras/Music Club recitals
Question I have just got a new instrument and the C in the 1st and 2nd octave was over
adjusted and is too sharp. Do you think this is able to be completely fixed by
just filling in the tone hole a bit?
Answer Dear David
A good repairman will be able to tune the C's down without too much of a problem. It is usually a matter of filling the hole a little; although the shape is crucial.
Have you tried different reeds with narrower staples perhaps. This sometimes brings down the C. If you are really bright on the C in comparison to the B and the A however, then a bit of hole work will affect things equally - both normal and with the octave key.
What sort of oboe is it and who do you think you could take it to for the work to be done.
Choose with care!! If you are in the UK I can certainly advise you if you need that.
