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Re: Flute Player needing Oboe help!!

Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2015-06-09 18:17

Check with Hannah Selznick. I bought my oboe from her at a very good price. Yamaha, Loree, Buffet, Bulgerhoni, Howarth and Fox make great instruments. I played a Fox 400 through my masters and got a Yamaha 841 in my Doctorate. Both are great instruments, and I've been happy with both. If you are unsure about how much oboe playing you're going to do, I would check into a Yamaha with a resin liner, to prevent issues with cracking. That might be tough to buy used though. Also the Fox 450 has a resin top joint and wooden bottom. I suggest this to many music ed students who don't plan on playing professionally in orchestras after college.

I also will say that oboe won't make your flute playing suffer. People are often surprised to hear that I'm primarily an oboist when they hear me play flute. You learn how to "flip the switches" for different instruments, and access the embouchures and fingerings for that instrument without interference from yourself! Just remember to practice switching between instruments, and you'll be fine. I try to do a T&G and De La Sonorite session after playing oboe or clarinet to make sure my flute embouchure is always in shape.

Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com

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