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Re: selmer 104 or fox 300?

Author: mberkowski
Date: 2017-05-04 22:18

Like Chris P, I also bought a plastic Selmer Signet Soloist 104 on auction, because I needed an outdoor instrument and it came up for sale at the right time. I paid less than a tenth the cost of even an intermediate instrument like a Fox 330 for mine, and then invested a little more with a local oboe repairer to bring it to top condition.

The Selmer 104 is indeed very lightweight. Mine has a pretty uneven scale though, and I don't think I would ever use it for a performance where I'm very exposed. Outdoor band concerts are why I bought it. My main complaint about it isn't its scale though. Its worse quality is a tendency to gurgle with instability on low C & sometimes D if my reed tip opening isn't just right or as my embochure tires and I bite a little bit.

I don't consider it in the same category of a resin Fox oboe I've owned in the past. Though it has full keywork (minus 3rd octage), it doesn't feel like a professional instrument to play and its tone quality is bright for my tastes. But it was very, very cheap.

Michael

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