“Tone” is a big deal for oboe players. Hell, it’s a big deal for pretty much any instrumentalist, but oboists can really take it to the extreme. When so much of your tone is based in tiny little fickle pieces of grass that can crack if you look at them funny, where hundredths of millimeters make a huge difference, but never in the same way twice, it can…
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