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Author: cjwright
Date: 2014-04-01 11:19
I lived in South Korea for 6 years and still have strong connections to the area.
There are two main oboe shops, both at Nambu Bus Terminal Stop (line 3, orange) but in different directions.
The first is DWK which has great reed cases that are sold even in the states. Bring cash if you want to buy some. He used to have some Lorees for sale that were 5-10 years old but were brand new and never bought. I don't know if he still has them but perhaps. He also has some Chinese model instruments which he kind of tweaks with undercutting and bore reamers, but they're not really great. The main attraction to go to him are the reed cases. On his website he's got a map.
The second oboe store's name is Lodem, and is run by a man named Eun-Soo Lim. He used to work at Howarth of London, and speaks English fairly. He, like Mr. DWK (DWK is his initials,) is a very nice man. He does excellent repair work and I recently had my instrument completely overhauled by him. Lodem was referred to my friend Yeon-Hee Kwak, a well known oboist in Germany and wife of Ingo Goritski. Lodem periodically has some used professional oboes for sale and also has a Chinese-made model which he tweaks.
Eun-Su Lim
IBK Building 12 floor
+82 10-8701-2497
So, to summarize, the two shops do not have large amounts of oboes in stock, namely because they are WAY EXPENSIVE in Korea with the import tax. If someone is playing oboe or a specialty instrument (i.e. not a string, brass, or flute/clarinet) then the chances are they have a good amount of money and can afford to fly to Europe to pick their own instrument out, or have their instructor do it for them.
Hope that helps.
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