Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Lorée Related

A concise history of the Lorée Oboe, written by Laila Storch, is contained in the 1981 Journal of the International Double Reed Society: 100 Years of F. Loreé: 1881-1981.

Marcel Tabuteau with Lucien Lorée in 1936.
Marcel Tabuteau with Lucien Lorée in 1936. The latter, together with the input of Georges Gillet, Tabuteau’s teacher, created the famous Lorée plateau Systeme 6bis in 1906.
In Dubois’ garden at Varenne. 1936
In Dubois’ garden at Varenne. 1936. L. to R.: Lucien Lorée, Marcel Tabuteau, Madame Dubois, Robert de Gourdon, Raymonde de Gourdon, and Madame Pauline Lorée. Robert de Gourdon, who worked at the Lorée factory, eventually took over the manufacturing of the Lorée oboe. His son Alain followed.
Raymond Dubois acts as judge for Tabuteau and Lorée in a mock fencing match.
Raymond Dubois, who followed Lucien Lorée as head of the factory, here acts as judge for Tabuteau and Lorée in a mock fencing match.
Moennig In His Workroom
Hans Moennig, the woodwind artist-technician in Philadelphia, who worked hand-in-hand with Tabuteau in keeping his Lorée oboes in excellent playing condition. Courtesy of Danna Sundet.
Hans Moennig, the woodwind artist-technician in Philadelphia
Hans Moennig, the woodwind artist-technician in Philadelphia, who worked hand-in-hand with Tabuteau in keeping his Lorée oboes in excellent playing condition.

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An audio interview with Joan Browne (Champie), a private Tabuteau student in the early 1950s.

A photograph of the music stand that was in Tabuteau’s private studio in Philadelphia.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Vladimir Sokoloff.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Joan Browne Champie.

With the passing of Wilbur Isaac Hilles in August 2023 and now Martha Scherer-Alfee in February 2024, no oboe students of Marcel Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute are still living.

A letter sent to the Curtis Institute by Laila Storch’s mother about Tabuteau not teaching at Curtis—and the reply.