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Re: leaving horns on stand?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-10-31 17:58

That's the Regent (or 'Reject' as I like to call them), these were basic thumbplate system oboes and were made from bakelite and later ABS - and yeah, they're dire!

The Regent series was B&H's entry level of instruments (plastic with nickel plated keywork), then the Edgware (no Edgware oboes as far as I know of), the Emperor (wood with silver plated keywork) and the Imperial.

I started out on a Regent oboe back in 1986 (it was a new one from 1983, I think the serial number was 550055) and two years later packed it in when I knocked it over (stood it up without using a stand!) and it snapped in half. I fitted a new tenon and then swapped it for a C melody sax. Then in 1998 after a ten year gap I took up playing oboe again, but got a Yamaha 821TP which was a world apart from the old Reject.

Not entirely sure what 'Bandhite' meant - it was just a name on the case badge (grey plastic case with red lining) and later on there was the black plastic case with 300 on the badge and the B&H globe logo. Then production halted.

The B&H Imperials were made in both grenadilla and ebonite, and were pretty good instruments and played in both military bands and orchestras, and were made in both thumbplate and conservatoire system (ring keys) and also with automatic 8ves - the older Imperials were comparable to older Loree, Louis and Howarth oboes, but the Regents were very poor relations of the Imperials.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2009-10-31 17:59)

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