I am getting our doggies ready to head to the vet for their own little "vacation", trying to pack (mostly procrastinating) and have ended up here on the computer browsing some blogs, sending a last few email correspondences and of course-- sifting through a little oboe ebay.
Today I came across THIS! Isn't it great? I never recommend buying instruments on ebay, for soooo many good reasons-- but a little window shopping and daydreaming never hurt, right?
The only other horn that I have seen like this one belongs to Marilyn Coyne of the San Francisco opera who plays a rosewood, Loree EH with gold plated keys--- it is beyond gorgeous.
I love these beautiful instruments (rosewood, kingwood) with the extra bells and whistles (gold plated keys, or rose gold plated keys), however, I am too scared to own one because I have always thought that with them comes a certain sort of expectation...
I mean you have to be 1st chair in the Chicago Symphony to justify playing an oboe that outwardly awesome right??!!
I am pretty sure that I am just severely insecure, but ehhh maybe one day I will get around to owning a truly remarkable instrument like THIS...
One of the most interesting instruments like this, (to me personally) is the Yamaha 841 Kingwood oboe with the lined topjoint. I have several friends who use this horn and really love it. I have played them quite a bit, my former teacher Pamela Smith, of the San Francisco Symphony had two a regular 841 "ninja oboe" as she called it, and a "chocolate ninja" made of Kingwood.
Still thinking on this....... the price is right that is for sure! :)
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