I’m in my freshman year of high school, I go to a performing arts school and we’ve already done 9 concerts this year. I’ve been playing saxophone since 4th grade but changed to Bari in 7th grade. I figured that if I wanted to be able to play another instrument, now was the time. There is a great oboe player in the orchestra in my town and they’ve convinced me. I’m definitely able to learn the oboe since I am in an art school and perform in the same theater that the symphony orchestra performs in. I have the time, money, and dedication to play it. I know it’s going to sound like absolute garbage for a couple months and I’m fine with that. I also noticed that saxophones aren’t really in orchestras and seeing as that the oboe has practically the same fingerings, why not spend time learning something that I’d like to learn and something that could open up more doors for me?
I have emailed two oboe players about starting oboe and lessons and have the emails of one other oboe player. I got a medium soft reed (I think the brand is called Jones?) and the local instrument repair shop (who’s basically just a 60 year old man,) is going to let me use an oboe that he will have looked at in about a week. The oboe is a full set but I don’t have any books about oboe/music books. I have been thinking of trying oboe for about three months now and I have finally started doing something about it. I would like to know what’s a good price for oboes with all of the different keys because while I have bought a Bari sax and alto sax from the local repair dude along with numerous repairs and reeds, he does tend to price his instruments up by about a $1,000. For example, my alto is a Yamaha 52 (new is around 3k) and I got it for 4k when it was new. Any suggestions of what else I should do?
I have emailed two oboe players about starting oboe and lessons and have the emails of one other oboe player. I got a medium soft reed (I think the brand is called Jones?) and the local instrument repair shop (who’s basically just a 60 year old man,) is going to let me use an oboe that he will have looked at in about a week. The oboe is a full set but I don’t have any books about oboe/music books. I have been thinking of trying oboe for about three months now and I have finally started doing something about it. I would like to know what’s a good price for oboes with all of the different keys because while I have bought a Bari sax and alto sax from the local repair dude along with numerous repairs and reeds, he does tend to price his instruments up by about a $1,000. For example, my alto is a Yamaha 52 (new is around 3k) and I got it for 4k when it was new. Any suggestions of what else I should do?