Klarinet Archive - Posting 000281.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: ending the GreenLine plastic/composite thread
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 20:24:36 -0400

I'm not sure I read the posting correctly....but I thought we were talking
about the professional line instruments? The oboes that Fox claims are
its best are the wood or the wood/plastic models.......

RG

On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
> >
> > > Also, the best Fox oboes are plastic,
> >
> > I believe it is only the top joints that are plastic...the rest are wood.
>
> They have one wooden model, the #400, one with plastic top joint and
> wooden lower joint and bell (can't remember the number) and three which
> are all plastic (models 300, 330 & 333). My favorite is the model 300,
> but the model 330 is fine for most applications. The only difference is
> that it lacks the "split-ring E key," which most students use very rarely
> if at all.
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
>