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Re: How good can I get?

Author: Jim22
Date: 2014-01-19 22:07

What are the minimum requirements for a beginner instrument? Maybe some examples? Is it really not even worth starting without spending thousands?

I am also a late starter, in my case almost 50! I have made good progress on alto sax and clarinet in the last couple years and have played flute forever. I just couldn't justify spending more on a starter oboe than my pre-professional flute.

Not knowing much better, I bought a used Yamaha 241 for about $650. It is conspicuously missing an alt-f or even f-resonance key. It didn't take long to discover that's not good. It's plastic, but supposedly has the same drillings as the 441, which would be about another thousand. Are either the 241 or 441 good enough for a starting doubler?

Jim C.
CT, USA

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