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Double-Reed Instruments
Oboes, bassoons, English horns, contrabassoons, double-reed makers, and related model families.
Models
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Fox Model 201
Bassoon · United States
The Model 201 is Fox Products' flagship professional bassoon, a thin-wall, short-bore instrument based on one of Hugo Fox's original designs and favored by principal bassoonists for flexibility and sonority in the upper register. It is built from hand-selected aged red or mountain maple with a mahogany finish, and full professional silver-plated keywork including high D and E keys, a rotary whisper-key lock, little-finger rollers, and a whisper-A bridge.
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Fox Renard Model 240
Bassoon · United States
A Fox Renard Artist bassoon, a perennial favorite since its 1994 introduction; flexible, free and easy to play, ideal for high-school through college players, serious amateurs and hobbyists.
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Püchner Model Superior
Bassoon · Germany
Püchner's flagship professional bassoon and the choice of many of the world's greatest players, built from curly mountain maple aged over 20 years with a thick-walled bore for greater projection, a divided long joint and 13 sterling silver keys.
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Howarth XL
Oboe · United Kingdom
The XL is a professional Howarth of London oboe with a full Conservatoire system and semi-automatic octaves, voiced for a more soloistic tone than Howarth's orchestral S-series. It is built in high-density grenadilla (also offered in cocobolo) with heavily silver-plated keywork, metal-lined tenon sockets and sleeved tenons, undercut tone holes, a third octave key, and the full complement of trill keys.
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F. Lorée Royal
Oboe · France
The Royal is a professional F. Loree oboe made of premium grenadilla with silver-plated keywork and a full Conservatoire plateau system. It includes a third octave key, all trill keys, a left-hand (long) F, a forked-F resonance key, and tenons with dual metal reinforcement, and is offered with the standard or AK bore. It is among the most sought-after Loree models, known for a dark, expressive sound.
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Lorée Étoile
Oboe · France
A 2013 Lorée professional oboe producing a sweet, refined sound with a freer, more immediately expressive response, designed for oboists who use shorter-scrape European-style reeds.
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Howarth S40C Cor Anglais
Oboe · United Kingdom
A Howarth cor anglais (English horn) in F built on the semi-automatic S40C system, sharing the S40C oboe's professional keywork features.
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Howarth S40C
Oboe · United Kingdom
A Howarth conservatory oboe with semi-automatic system and many professional keywork features, including left-hand F, a third octave key, full low Bb range and almost every trill, taking players to advanced level.
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Buffet Crampon Virtuose Oboe
Oboe · France
A Buffet Crampon professional oboe available in grenadilla, Green-LinE composite and German silver.
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Yamaha YFG-812 Custom Bassoon
Bassoon · Japan
A Yamaha Custom bassoon with a heavier 4 mm body wall that yields a darker, authoritative tone blending well with a modern symphony orchestra; favored by players who want a round, warm and powerful sound.
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Püchner Model 23
Bassoon · Germany
The Model 23 is a professional J. Püchner bassoon built from curly mountain maple aged more than twenty years, with a thick-walled bore for projection and volume. It carries heavily silver-plated full professional keywork, including high D and E keys, little-finger and right-thumb rollers, a left-hand whisper-key lock, and added A-flat/B-flat and E-flat trills, plus rubber-lined wing and boot joints and nylon-lined pivot-screw sockets for smooth, quiet action.
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Buffet Crampon Prestige Oboe
Oboe · France
Launched in 1992 after a complete redesign of the Buffet oboe by luthier René Lesieux and oboist Jean-Louis Capezzali, the Prestige is an anthology professional model offering a wide range of sound colors while guaranteeing the Buffet Crampon sound identity; also made in Green-LinE composite.
Sources
Makers
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Fox Products
Fox Products is an American double-reed maker producing bassoons, contrabassoons, oboes, English horns, and related double-reed instruments.
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Püchner
Püchner is a German woodwind maker known for bassoons, contrabassoons, oboes, English horns, and clarinet-family instruments.
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F. Lorée
F. Lorée is a Paris-area double-reed maker known especially for professional oboes and English horns.
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Marigaux
Marigaux is a French maker known for professional oboes, English horns, and double-reed instruments.
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Howarth of London
Howarth of London is a British double-reed maker and specialist shop known for oboes, English horns, bassoons, and double-reed repair and retail work.
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Rigoutat
Rigoutat is a French oboe maker associated with professional oboes, English horns, and related double-reed instruments.
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Buffet Crampon
Buffet Crampon is a French woodwind maker especially associated with professional clarinets, saxophones, oboes, and orchestral wind instruments.
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Woodwind Instruments
Woodwind instruments and related model families.