| Instruments | Joel Robinson "Saxon" model Baroque oboe, eight-keyed early Romantic oboe after Floth Eichentopf model oboe d'amore, oboe da caccia, two-keyed classical oboes, Venetian Denner oboe (A=440), Renaissance shawms in D, C, and G; bocals, shaper tips, custom machine work (also clarinets, shawms, and bagpipes) Robinson and Ross Historical Woodwinds 131 Essex Street New York, NY 10002 212.260.9344 http://robinsonwoodwinds.com joel@robinsonwoodwinds.com |
| Instruments | Jonathan
Bosworth From December 2006, hautboy models formerly made by Jonathan are being made, sold, and serviced by Joel Robinson. For contact info, see above. If you want to see what Jonathan is doing now, click here |
| Staple maker | 52mm "B" staple for Saxon
oboe, 49mm "B" staple for Stanesby, 40mm "C"
staple for classical Rick Seraphinoff seraphin@indiana.edu |
| Cane and staples | Stephen Bard http://www.bardhistoricalcane.com Stephen is one of the best young American players, and gouges cane on the side. Carefully selected cane from several growers, precisely processed. |
| Modern and historical cane | http://www.oboecane.com
A German shop, high quality cane and accurate gouging and shaping. A wide variety of diameters and shapes is offered. Not always quick in filling an order, but excellent stuff |
| Modern and historical staples | Krebs & Heinrich
GbR Jürgen Krebs http://www.oboenrohre.de Another German site, supplier of staples from Guercio, Chiarugi, etc, which can be useful in making reeds for classical and Romantic instruments, also some historical staples. He has a very handy list of staple dimensions you can access by clicking here |
| Reed cases for oboe and hautboy | Harris Choo makes a
variety of beautifully finished
walnut,
cherry, and mahogany reed cases. He accepts custom orders,
and
recently made me two very nice cases for seven hautboy reeds. Harris Case Company http://www.harrisreedcase.com |
| Modern oboes | Yamaha YOB-841 --
this model was designed with the help of Richard Woodhams, principal oboist
of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and is used by a growing number of
symphonic players in America. It has a large bore (for a
Conservatoire oboe), and
interestingly, the bell is copied from one by Kohlert that was favored by John de Lancie, this makes
for a mellow sound, easy reed-making, and a familiar feel for players of Baroque and classical oboes http://www.yamaha.com link |
| English horn | Waldemar Bhosys, ca 1965 -- like the early Laubin horns, a custom-bored Malerne body, made at the time both Bhosys and Al Laubin were working at the Chessarini shop in "Oboe City," Queens. |
| Hautboy repertoire | befoco-verlag http://www.befoco.de One of a number of small German publishers of interesting music for oboe from the Baroque, classical, and later periods |
| Hautboy maker web sites, list courtesy of Dan Chernikoff | Robert H.
Cronin, Shawms,
Large Oboes, Curtals and Bassoons
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