Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-08-23 16:41
Hi CJ --
Well, I may have been a little too hasty, or not specific enough, in my comments yesterday.
As I think you know (since you were drooling, sort-of, over my all-resin Loree when I mentioned it before), I do have one of the fabled 1970's all-resin Lorees. And it is a wonderful oboe. If I did not have my (coming to be equally fabled) early-2000's Covey Classic, I would think it was perfect.
But there is no question in my mind (and, I would have to say, in the minds of those who have listened to them both) that the Covey is the superior instrument.
Is that because it is grenadilla, vs. the resin of the Loree? I doubt it. I think it is because it is a newer design, a handmade "designer" oboe, and just one of those really wonderful instruments that "happen" from time to time.
I bought both of these used, and the contact in each case came from Ebay. Did I get lucky? Yah, sure, you betcha!
However, last year, when I decided to find an English Horn, I ended up going with the all-resin Fox (Model 520, I think it is). I could have had the "hybrid," but I didn't see the point of the hybrid. I think that is Max's point, and mine. If the resin is, in all respects that matter, the equal of wood, why bother with a wooden bottom? Why not just get the whole thing in resin, and be done with it?
Hope you are enjoying Oregon.
Susan
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