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Re: buying on ebay

Author: Heliman  Date:   2004-09-23 05:05 Hi Susan! I am a former music major, turned engineer, turned business owner, turned pack rat! My major instruments were trumpet and later euphonium. During some of my methods classes I pickup up the sax and flute. Most recently, I even purchased a couple violins (one electric, one standard). I took lessons for a little over a year. I love learning new things and the challenge involved. The oboe, at least from my limited knowledge of the instrument, certainly qualifies as a challenge. I have never even held an oboe, but have played around bending the ends of a plastic straw thus simulating a double reed opening. Just trying to make a consistent sound on that is enough to give me respect for a good double-reed player. As a music major at the U. of Southern Mississippi, I was informed that my roommate was an oboe player. Honestly, to that point in my life, I do not know that I had ever met a good oboe player and all that came to mind was the awful sounds the oboe players in my high school band made! Anyway, my roommate changed my mind about how great an oboe could sound. He was also an accomplished clarinet player and played Dixieland jazz and ragtime. I was really impressed one day when he started playing Dixieland on his oboe! My instrument is a Selmer Paris oboe. It has some age on it, but I am hoping it can be restored to good shape. The good thing is that is "supposedly" has no cracks. In the 60's the Selmer Paris name was pretty good for clarinets and saxes. I made an assumption that it might be OK for me. It also was relatively cheap for a wooden instrument ($340). While searching eBay for some reeds, I came across a professional player who lives fairly close to me. I hope to start lessons from her next week. Here is her web site: http://www31.brinkster.com/oboereeds4u/ Take a look at her resume. Wow! Much like the violin, I know that I will strongly benefit from having some direction while starting out on the oboe so I don't create too many bad habits. It is very unlikely that I will ever become good enough to perform in public, but it should be a whole lot of fun, and that's what it's all about, isn't it? How about you? Are you a beginner, student, or Pro? How long have you been playing? Respectfully yours, Heliman P.S. Is "Flight of the Bumblebee" a good piece to start on? __________________________________________________________________ If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, relax, it's probably just me! Post Edited (2004-09-23 05:09)

Topics	Author	Date
buying on ebay  new	lien561	2004-09-21 21:40
Re: buying on ebay  new	oboeblank	2004-09-21 22:07
Re: buying on ebay  new	ohsuzan	2004-09-22 03:04
Re: buying on ebay  new	Debora L. Osborne	2005-01-13 04:53
Re: buying on ebay  new	Heliman	2004-09-23 02:28
Re: buying on ebay  new	ohsuzan	2004-09-23 03:19
Re: buying on ebay  new	Heliman	2004-09-23 05:05
Opps, double post!  new	Heliman	2004-09-23 05:06
.  new	Heliman	2004-09-23 05:10
Re: buying on ebay  new	tweety	2004-11-06 21:15
Re: buying on ebay  new	Joeboetheoboe	2005-01-22 14:20

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