The Oboe Doctor
Reviews
Prof. Helmut Hucke:
Handling the mechanism of the modern oboe requires long experience;
adjusting the screws as well as care and maintenance are always pertinent issues
for all oboists.
Marc Schaeferdiek’s book “The Oboe Doctor” is a useful self-help guide. It has a
clear, systematic structure which is suitable for beginners and advanced players
alike.
I regard both the concept and content of this book as optimal and support it
with my warmest recommendation.
Prof. Winfried Liebermann:
I am sure that many musicians are delighted when they find an uncomplicated
guide to appropriate care and simple instrument repairs.
I myself was thrilled when Marc Schaeferdiek’s book “The Oboe Doctor” was
recently published.
This 60 page handbook is very clearly written.
It cannot be assumed that every oboist has the necessary “feeling” for
the fine adjustment required to correctly regulate his instrument. “The Oboe
Doctor”, however, also contains excellent advice on such things as, for example,
how to get around the highly sensitive “moods” of the oboe. There is also
professional guidance on buying an instrument and playing it in which is
certainly of use to every oboist.
In view of the stimulating ideas found in “The Oboe Doctor”, I regard it not
only as highly recommended for my own students but as an invaluable tool for
anyone who is concerned with the oboe family, whether professionally or as an
amateur.
Prof. Heinz Holliger:
Since I, like many of my colleagues, belong to those who have only partly
mastered the intricacies of regulating and repairing the oboe, I am very
grateful for such a useful, practical and clearly constructed book. It should
become a constant companion (and helper!) to all my colleagues.
Contents
1. The structure of the oboe
2. Basic maintenance
2.1 Assembling the oboe
2.2 Cleaning the inside of the instrument
2.3 Cleaning the outside of the instrument
3.2.2 Oiling the inside of the instrument body
3.4 Cracks - what should I do?
4.1 'Water' in tone holes or octave vents
4.2.1 For water in the tone holes
4.2.2 For water in the octave vent
5. Adjustment of the mechanism
5.1 Systematic defect analysis
5.2 Guide to the 'automatic' oboe
5.3 Guide to the semi-automatic oboe
7.2 How do I choose a new oboe?
8.1 Oboe model „semi automatic“
8.2 Oboe model Lorée “semi automatic”
8.4 Oboe model Lorée “automatic”
