Sadly, whilst my house has a spare-ish room which would make a fine dining room, a reasonable workshop or a mediocre guinea-pig farm, it won't be practical to sound-proof it.
This particular gentleman has been instructed to play repeated very high notes very loudly and for long periods, to check that he can pitch them stably and correctly (and to arrange the correct setting of the E-flat de-squeaking screw), and this seems a form of oboe practice absolutely optimised for the vexation of neighbours.
Are oboes loud enough to be heard next door? I wouldn't practice my cornet after about 9 on a weekday or 10 at the weekend (earlier if neighbours had children). And not before 10 at the weekend or 9 during the week.
I assumed that anyone thinking it incivil to practice the oboe on weekend afternoons would have such anti-hautbotic tendencies as to pick one of the last two options ...
Oboes are fragile and the Histon Rec not guaranteed sufficiently lout-free.
I am really surprised that people think that it would be ungentlemanly to practice at any of the times listed. After 10:30pm would be pushing it. Before 7am would be pushing it. Other than that, unless you know you have thin walls, not even close to being inconsiderate.
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Date: 2009-02-25 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-26 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-25 11:17 pm (UTC)Of course if the gentleman is very good with the oboe, exceptions can be made.
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Date: 2009-02-26 11:01 am (UTC)This particular gentleman has been instructed to play repeated very high notes very loudly and for long periods, to check that he can pitch them stably and correctly (and to arrange the correct setting of the E-flat de-squeaking screw), and this seems a form of oboe practice absolutely optimised for the vexation of neighbours.
because someone's got to
Date: 2009-02-26 12:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-26 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-26 11:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-26 11:36 am (UTC)Also, you're near the Histon Rec, aren't you? You could probably be inaudible from a distance in the middle of that.
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Date: 2009-02-26 11:19 pm (UTC)Oboes are fragile and the Histon Rec not guaranteed sufficiently lout-free.
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Date: 2009-02-26 12:30 pm (UTC)Am I really out of line on this one?
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Date: 2009-02-26 09:37 pm (UTC)