Author: cjwright
Date: 2011-01-23 07:23
One thing you didn't mention is if you're willing to spend money to fix up the instrument further. If you are, repair-people like Jason Onks can do AMAZING things to old instruments to literally make them look as good as the day they were made, sometimes better. (Silver Key re-plating, buffing out scratches in wood, cleaning the mechanism/replacing rods and screws, etc.) Otherwise, I would suggest you go with the one that is mechanically better. I've had instruments that played fantastically but had faulty mechanism, and never having security or not knowing if the instrument would work every time I picked it up was more stress than a little sacrifice in tone. Who knows, maybe you'll find a reed maker that can make amazing reeds for that instrument.
Cooper
Blog, An Oboe In Paradise
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