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Re: Beginner oboe

Author: annev
Date: 2015-08-27 18:31

Hi Alan,

I'm a clarinet player also, just beginning with oboe. I was able to borrow a plastic Selmer Signet oboe for a year, before I bought an oboe of my own (a second-hand Fox 400). I would strongly recommend finding an oboe with a left-F key. The analogy on a clarinet would be as if you don't have the side Eb/Bb key. The fingerings left for those notes (on a clarinet) would be the sliver key, or the one-and-one fingering. It's do-able, but not as easy, and the tuning on the note differs also (the forked F on many oboes is a bit stuffy). The other disadvantage is that if you upgrade later, you'll need to retrain yourself (it took me about a month, I think, to get comfortable with my new left F). Cost is always an issue, but I think it's worth looking for an oboe with a better key system then the Linton.

I'm really enjoying the oboe. I picked it up "for fun" and have ended up taking regular lessons and playing duets with friends. This summer my teacher lent me her English Horn so that I could play in an oboe trio (the English Horn is just beautiful - I would play it all the time if I could). So you never know where things will go and it's probably worth buying an oboe that you can grow into over time. Enjoy your oboe adventures!

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