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Re: Chinese Oboes and quality

Author: bechstein
Date: 2010-07-20 00:10

Thank you Robin, Susan, Cooper, Chris and jhoyla for this much appreciated advice!

Thanks Robin for sharing all your oboe experience with me. Your response was very helpful. Yamaha is often recommended to me and I am now looking carefully for a used one. Thanks for this advise.

Thanks also Susan. Andrew at the www.abrsm.org oboe forum also recommended www.hannahsoboes.com too and so I will make a point to give Hannah a call later. Thanks!

Thanks jhoyla for the Martin Schuring web link with all his oboe advice for those looking to purchase an oboe. This is an excellent resource and we extremely helpful to read. Thanks!
http://www.public.asu.edu/~schuring/Oboe/instruments.html

It seems many people have steered me away from Chinese oboes for some reason or another. I think I will have to contacts a dealer for a less risky purchase.
By the way, I posted the same question to the abrsm forum (link below). Many helpful responses were given but in general to stay with more well known brands such as Yamaha, Fox 330, Cabart, Howarth S40 or a Howarth S10 but some of these might be too expensive for our budget. I'm strongly considering a used Yamaha 241 or somewhat interested in a Howarth S10 (if I could find a used one). I am also realizing I may have to increase my budget. Thanks for your helpful comments!

Here is the other forum I posted to with some great information with regards to my original question:
http://www.abrsm.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=43134

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