I have recently heard of an audition for an oboe position at a major symphony orchestra where the pieceto be played for the sight reading test was impossible to play without the benefit of a left C# key. For all the effort the goes into making the 'banana key,' I surmise that a long C# could be made instead for just a tiny bit more effort. However, this antique DD5 oboe has a left F AND a long left C#- this keywork (in my estimation) should be standard keywork on all high end oboes. A complete pain to try to play in my experience. No connection exists between the lower joint and the upper joint, no connection from the F# key to the riser vents for C (B#) and Bb (A#).
C and Bb can be actuated only by the thumbplate OR the single right hand side key. The oboe in the photographs is a THUMBPLATE system only. The keywork patterns of the oboes from the 1910s and the modern series - distinctly different. 1929 to present So, two Loree oboes exist with a 'DD' at the beginning of the serial number stamp, though the later (modern) DD oboe will most likely have TWO numbers after the DD, such as: DD05. Re: F.Loree Oboe.Serial Number help please Author: Date: 03:00 First set of Loree serial numbers: A1-Z99 1881-1910 Second set of Loree serial numbers ('double letter'): AA1-AA99, then onto BB1-BB99 and so on to ZZ99 1910-1929 Third set of Loree serial numbers: AA1-AZ99, then BA1 (BA01)- BZ99, and so on.
