Doublereed Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 2004/01

From: Marci Elston <melston@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] fox oboe on ebay
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:11:15 -0500

When we were trying oboes for our youngster we had three foxes on loan, and
they varied wildly in tone and scale. "Floor Model" just may mean "this is
the one everyone sends back from trial w/o buying" JMHO. ~M.E.

At 10:24 AM 1/12/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I called the seller of this oboe and he says it's a floor model,
>"practically new", but will not let me have it out on trial. I suppose
>that's bc it's still up for auction, but I'm leery of any instrument I could
>not try out and inspect first hand and try it out in different
>circumstances. I have a student I'd like to have a Fox oboe, but for them to
>shell out over $2K for an oboe and not have a 2nd opinion on it doesn't seem
>right to me.
>
>Opinions??