Parallel compression in classical music. What does it means?

[Raymond62]

Oh, Raymond... Please!

It may have been seen as a joke, it was in fact, but with some truth in it. An oboe plays with a double reed. When squeezed the tones are different in pitch. With some smile on my face: an oboe is a professional kazoo with a pipe/tube.

Raymond

[SysExJohn]

It may have been seen as a joke, it was in fact, but with some truth in it. An oboe plays with a double reed. When squeezed the tones are different in pitch. With some smile on my face: an oboe is a professional kazoo with a pipe/tube.

Raymond

Back in the days when I had some breath, I used to play one of those things.

The oboe HAS to be played with a smile on one's face, it's part of the embouchure.

Lower lip folded back over the teeth, upper lip pressed down to squeeze the reeds partly together, gently, tongue against the reed, a slight spit and blow softly. And the keys? Ah, the keys. Ask Mr Boehm.

The queen of the orchestra.

SXJohn.