Richard Earle, a Lewes-based oboe maker and player had endless fascinating throw away facts which would have taken a whole lecture just to tease apart and explore on their own and his charming modest and amusing tone kept the more arcane and technical sides of the talk interesting for a non player. It’s such a pleasure to listen to someone talk about a subject they not only love with a passion but also understand with an encyclopedic breadth. He was charming.