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Re: Automatic Octave Keys

Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-02-08 12:30

All the major manufacturers offer fully automatic octaves in their professional range (as well as some in the student and intermediate range), but your best bet is to go to a woodwind specialist in Germany (somewhere like Die Holsblaeser in Berlin) where the majority of automatic oboes are available off the shelf - I think they're popular in Japan and the Far East as well.

Some German makers still make ring key automatics (eg. Puechner), and there ought to be several on second-hand lists - though it's best for your brother to try them out to see which is best suited for him - some may look nice, but sound dreadful. And steer clear from the Chinese made ones as the keywork is poor quality even though they're Moennig copies - a lot are listed on eBay and best avoided.

I just bought an old 'true' Cabart (Gillet conservatoire) as a back-up instrument - as far as I can tell it plays in tune and has a good sound, but it will need a major rebuild before I can use it.

The current Cabart oboes are made by Loree who bought the name, though they are only intermediate level oboes.

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

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