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Weight, plastic and wood

Author: jouez_hautbois
Date: 2014-10-16 08:17

Hello, this is my first post but I frequently read the board... :-)

As an amateur who learned on an old plastic Bundy Selmer because it was the only oboe available, I feel that this instrument is now limiting my progression and think about buying my own oboe. I guess I'll have to go to Montreal and try a few, well one day because it's really far from my house! But before I do, I think I need some advice, your experience with oboes beats mine anytime!

I'm double jointed, so for now I use the Etude3 thumb rest by Ton Kooiman + an orthesis for thumb arthritis, even if I don't have arthritis. It gives strenght to my right hand. And still, I have some pain in the arm. Osteopathy helps. I tried the w.r.i.s.t. but find it ackward to move so little, the same for the neck straps, I feel like the reed in being forced into my mouth! :-) The regular thumb rests are impossible for me to bear, and I think I'll try the Kooiman expensive model with my own oboe.

Or course wooden oboes are heavier than my Bundy, so finding an instrument that won't be a pain will probably be difficult! Anyway, since I have a very demanding day job and live up in the North, were winters are crazy cold and dry while summers get wet, I don't think wooden oboes are for me. I know, I should!

I wonder if you know plastic models that have a decent sound, while being ergonomically friendly for my large and too flexible fingers... I dream of a Marigaux Altuglass, but I'm no professionnal and have worries about the weight of Marigaux oboes. Do you have and experience with plastic oboes that wasn't a nightmare to remember? ;-)

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