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Fingering for german system oboe

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kreacher
Hello,

I'm having some trouble while learning to play a german system oboe, as the fingering isn't the same has in the boehm oboes. I can do the heavy lifting and search for the correct fingerings with a tuner and a lot of patience, but why re-invent the wheel?

Hope that someone here has a fingering chart for these instruments, I couldn't find online. It has the thumb plateau key, L2/3 ring and R1/3 ring keys. I'm really new to the oboe, so I don't know much.
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reeddoubler
It looks like a British (thumb plate) Boehm system with open ring keys, instead of the more common and contemporary plateau keys. Get a british thumb plate fingering chart and you should be ok.
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Now you just need to find a good source for reeds, try finding a good local oboist and buy some from him or her, commercially available reeds are generally awful and will make it much harder to learn. Ideally study with a good oboist and save yourself a lot of grief ( just the fact you thought you had a German or Viennese instrument makes me think you need to find a teacher).
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