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Re: Plastic oboes

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-12-16 08:14

If you do opt for a plastic back-up oboe, then go for the Fox 300 as that'll have the same keywork specification as a Loree. Look for a used one as that will leave you with more money from the sale of the Fossati.

My main oboe is a kingwood-bodied Howarth S5, but I'd never play that outside, anywhere where it's most likely to be cold or take it abroad, so I bought and modified a plastic Selmer 104 oboe as my back-up oboe for this purpose and it does the job brilliantly. Modified in reaming out the bore with Howarth XL reamers and modifying the keywork so it's the same spec as a UK spec S5. I missed out on a used Fox 300 so went for the Selmer Signet Soloist instead as it was listed in the UK at a very good price.

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

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