I Play Oboe
I've played the oboe since I was 10....it was all I could do at my first lesson actually to make the reed speak. And yet I'm now studying on both the oboe and its egg-laying bigger sister the cor anglais, for my degree!
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SteinbockundLoewe · 31-35, M
I've wanted to play oboe, I never have.
I've played another woodwind, though.
How much does an oboe cost?
I've played another woodwind, though.
How much does an oboe cost?
Lhayezee · 26-30, F
@SteinbockundLoewe They're actually quite expensive to be honest - even a beginners instrument will tend to be a lot more than a similar-quality flute or clarinet. (One reason I think is that oboes have a conical bore ie it's narrower at the top and gets progressively wider all the way down; a clarinet is a basically cylinder with a wide flared bell just at the bottom). I was lucky in that my dad learned the oboe when he was younger and we had a beginners instrument in the house, lying unused (I had originally wanted to learn the cello instead!)