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Re: Help what is this ?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-12-16 08:03

Not really a 'cheapy' instrument as it's a good quality student model that's built well. The wooden ones are lacquered to make them look uniform (as wood varies from joint to joint) and the plastic ones have a matt wood grain finish.

The mouthpiece is made from ebonite (hard rubber) which is the choice material - plastics are generally used for mass produced (ie. moulded) mouthpieces. Vandoren mouthpieces are made from moulded blanks, then machined and hand finished.

The best way to tell whether it's a wood or plastic instrument is to look at the sockets or the ends of the tenons - on wooden instruments you'll see wood grain and on plastic ones they'll be completely smooth and shiny.

The keys are either nickel or silver plated depending when it was made - they were nickel plated originally then they offered them with silver plate in the late '90s.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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