Author: Oboelips
Date: 2014-09-12 00:03
Hi, I'm asking for my orchestra section-mate--what's the current opinion on a Fox 450 oboe?
She currently has & uses her student oboe-- a very good "eighties" Fox, all plastic, (with left F, and I think low Bb too) which works well, but now at the adult level, she needs to upgrade when it's possible.
She is a serious amateur--some paid gigs, some free. 2nd Chair in Comm. Orchestra, occasionally providing co-principal relief. Last year did Oboe 1 for Prokofiev's "Cinderella" ballet, and managed it well on her current Fox.
I understand the 450 to have a plastic top joint, the rest wood.
A day-long road trip (there & back) might be needed to try this out, so I'd like for her to have some other info.
Has anyone out there played one?
Oboefully,
Deb
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