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Re: Oboe recommendation for rough service outdoors?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-05-25 21:26

Composite is also a general term used for plastics in the US - they usually refer to ABS resin or similar. The Selmer USA catalogues list their 'Resonite' oboes (as well as their piccolos, clarinets and bassoons) as having composite bodies.

Greenline is more if a reconstituted material, even though it is a composite of various natural and man-made materials. There are Chinese oboes made of reconstituted materials, but they haven't got the same density as Buffet's Greenline material and should be avoided like the plague.

I don't think you can go wrong with a used Selmer Signet Soloist 104 oboe which is full Gillet conservatoire and the plastic version of their 101 oboe - they're of typical Selmer USA utilitarian build, but they are robust. You can find them listed fairly reasonably on eBay or similar - I use one for outdoor use myself and while it isn't the same as my wooden oboe, it will still do the job very well.

Also look for used plastic Fox/Renard oboes which are far better built than the Selmer USA ones - the 300 is the full Gillet conservatoire model, the 330 lacks the D#-E ring and the 333 has fewer gadgets still.

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

Post Edited (2013-05-25 21:28)

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