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Re: To buy or not to buy

Author: D
Date: 2009-04-19 19:36

Joepie

Glad to hear from someone in a similar position to me. I bought a second hand beginner oboe last summer and I am about to try and change to a second hand pro model. Unlike you I don't have to change because of the rental situation. However I am getting to the point where most people do seem to change to something better (just got a merit on ABRSM 7 - rough indication of standard for people unfamiliar, played the Schumann Three Romances no.3 and the Albanoni concerto in D). I'm feeling the lack of keys like the left F, but also quite a few of the trill keys. If I were sensible I would buy an intermediate instrument and make myself be content with it. I'll never be able to go to music college or be a professional, it's just for fun. So I shouldn't need a pro instrument. I do intend to try some intermediate ones, but to be honest, I've tried a Marigaux (professional but can't remember which one) and Loree AK and the difference in what I can get them to do compared to mine is very satisfying so I'll probably treat myself. I think if you try some and find the same thing and you can afford it then why not go for it. You might not NEED it, but if you WANT it then who cares! I want to work seriously at tuning issues I have, and work hard at scales etc. I want to do this on the instrument I stay with for a long long time. I have in the back of my mind this idea that if I were to get say a Howarth S20, 40, 45 or a Rigoutat Riec, I'd run the risk of deciding to upgrade again in the future and having to redo a lot of that work as I learned another set of tuning foibles and instrument quirks and learned the scales and top notes and trills with yet more keys.

If you sound like a beginner now on your beginner instrument you will probably sound like a marginally better beginner on a pro instrument,and will spend a couple of weeks learning not to hit the wrong keys accidentally and cause a leak when aiming for something else. So what. In a few years you certainly won't sound like a beginner any more regardless of what you are playing. But if you buy an intermediate instrument now you'll probably want to change anyway, just because you can afford it and like shiny new toys (I wonder if we are related actually.....!)

I say go for it. You wont get the best out of it to start with. Neither will I. To be honest I probably never will! Might run into you in an instrument shop in the next few months.....

Savings are getting no interest at the moment anyway, and we are stimulating the economy.............yeah............

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