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Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2014-09-16 16:48
Hi all,
I may have the opportunity to purchase a used Moennig cor. Used cors don't come up for sale very often in Oz!
I am yet to receive pictures, but the serial number is 7921 (if anyone knows how old that makes it, I'd love to know - can't find a list). It supposedly has a 3rd octave and left F (I will confirm when I see it in the photos). It has a crack which has been filled but the seller doesn't believe it has been pinned. I would probably get it pinned just to be sure. It has just been serviced and is playing 'well' (apparently).
It is selling with 2 bocals for A$2000, which is about US$1800, which sounds like a good deal to me, and he will take less if it doesn't go. I may even get chance to play it this weekend as I will be in the same city as it for the ADRS conference.
Thoughts on Moennig cors? Or whether this sounds like a good deal?
Is there a chance it would be better than the DMxx Loree I am currently playing on which appears to need about $800 of work? (Sacrilege that an orchestra would allow their instrument to get in the condition it is in.) Given that I have unrestricted access to that instrument without buying my own as long as I play in the orchestra, it is definitely a consideration.
Thanks,
Rachel
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-09-16 17:49
Do you know if it's a ring key model or full Gillet conservatoire and if it has fully automatic 8ves?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2014-09-17 03:14
Not sure about the full automatic, I will find that out when I get photos. I was worried that might be the case, and not particularly interested if so. Maybe that's why it's so cheap?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2014-09-17 03:58
I bought a 1979 Marigaux oboe d'amore for £2000 back in 2007 from a prominent UK dealer - at that price I couldn't resist it and it was probably that price because it's full German spec., whereas a semi-auto one would most likely be at least twice the price. I had a 2nd 8ve touchpiece added and the crude thumbplate that was fitted was replaced with a much better one. It came with two original crooks plus a Howarth crook and had hardly been played in all that time. I think the price had come down as it was difficult to sell, but to someone that wanted one it was great.
There have been some poor choices made by education authorities when it came to buying instruments - most notably over my way a neighbouring county had bought an Amati cor back either in the '60s or '70s which was full German spec when the majority of players and students would have played thumbplate system oboes, so this fully auto cor with no thumbplate just ended up being neglected - not helped by the poor tuning it had.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Scandinavian
Date: 2014-10-04 17:31
I play a Moennig cor anglais, serial no 84xx. I bought it new 11 years ago, and it has truly served me well! Pretty light weight, equal and somewhat big sound, easy to play! Nice machanics, touch pieces spaced pretty much like on an oboe. The alloy is rather soft, however.
Frank & Meyer in Berlin bought the Moennig company in Markneukirchen sometime around 2000. Ludwig Frank completely redesigned the instruments at that time, so if your instrument was made before then it would be a different story!
/Johannes
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Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2014-10-04 19:21
I missed out...the guy sold it after promising to send me photos. Probably safer for the bank balance that way!
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