Author: OboeDad
Date: 2012-02-16 17:24
Hello Noverbuf -
I am probably less experienced/knowledgeable/expert than anyone else on this forum, but here's my thought:
- Of course it's an oboe. My daughter just traded up from a Yamaha 211 to a Mark Chudnow MCW oboe. Her first comment: Wow - this sounds so much more "oboe-y." She did not say: Oh - finally, an oboe. In other words, the 211 didn't sound as resonant, or plaintive, or sonorous, or otherwise wonderful, but it was clearly an oboe. Walk blindfolded into a room of people playing various woodwinds, and you will immediately pick out the 211 as an oboe. Walk into a different room with people playing various oboes, and YOU will just as quickly pick out the 211 as a student instrument. But other people who are non-musicians will not hear the difference quite as readily.
Hopefully others will comment on how easy/hard it is to get a range of expression out of the 211, vs. a finer oboe, as I can't comment on that. I assume you don't have the opportunity to test-play a 211 and other oboes, since that would certainly be the best way for you to decide which way to go.
Best,
- Paul
- P
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