I'm not an oboist. I've played one long enough to know that I really, really suck at it. However, I ran across this website while researching the Heckelphone:
http://www.oboes.us/
The gentleman that runs it, Paul Hurd, is the president of the US Heckelphone Society.
Resources include:
* A Philosophy of Oboes
* Buying an Oboe
* Oboe Makers & Commentary (brief commentary on what Mr. Hurd thinks is junk or not)
* Alternate Fingerings
* Care of Oboes & English Horns
http://www.oboes.us/
The gentleman that runs it, Paul Hurd, is the president of the US Heckelphone Society.
Resources include:
* A Philosophy of Oboes
* Buying an Oboe
* Oboe Makers & Commentary (brief commentary on what Mr. Hurd thinks is junk or not)
* Alternate Fingerings
* Care of Oboes & English Horns