This may be WAY out of line to ask here however I was telling my friend about the oboes Loree used to make with the saxophone fingering. Problem is that I'd like to show my friend what I'm talking about but can't find the cd that had the pictures of this particular Loree oboe system. I figured I'd start this topic to see if anyone had any pictures or at least information pertaining to this particular setup. I know that the saxophone system on the oboe had basically the same rollers and left hand setup, etc. but don't know anything more about it. Thanks!
Hi, your response is not what I was getting at. There IS a Loree OBOE with a saxophone key setup. With saxophone key setup, I'm referring to the system of the keys in relation to each other as well as normal oboes have the standard key setup however they made a certain amount of the saxophone-style oboes where the keys were arranged identical as they are on a saxophone. Example: oboe= you press the octave/register key for the higher notes and cross-finger for high notes like E, etc. whereas the saxophone-style oboe would have the keys pressed with the side of your left hand index finger for D, Eb, E, etc. I'll go through my cds later and see if I can find the photos.
Ive seen a few of these up for sale on ebay in the past 3 years or so...they usually fetch a pretty penny, like around 2-3grand....but thats the only place where ive ever seen pictures of them....kinda funny that my conductor who plays sax refused to believe it is even a real instrument even after I showed him one of them lol....but they do! ;-)
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