Instruments for Sale

Last Updated 23/11/24

Used Oboes: 

The keywork on some oboes, usually in a green colour case, can look a bit ‘yellow’. This is just my camera trying to colour correct (I’ve no idea why).

  • BUNDY – £400
  • Made by the Selmer Company of USA.Plastic bodied with silver plated keys. Covered hole, thumb-plate system. The silver plate on this oboe has started to ‘pit’ but it plays as it should and would make an ideal starter oboe for someone on a budget or just wanting to see if they get on with playing the oboe.
  • HOWARTH ‘B’ MODEL – £500
  • The Howarth ‘B’ Model was always considered as one of the best starter oboes, and many players, now in the profession, would have started on a ‘B’ Model. Made by the Orsi Company of Milan and bored & finished by Howarths, this wooden bodied oboe is in excellent playing order, although the plating on some of the finger plates is worn.
  • BUNDY – £600
  •  Made by the Selmer Company in the USA. Plastic bodied with silver plated keys. Covered hole, thumb-plate system. Plays very easily and in lovely condition.
  • BUESCHER – £600
  •  Same as a Bundy, made by the Selmer Company in the USA. Plastic bodied with silver plated keys. Covered hole, thumb-plate system. Very good condition.
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  • WARD & WINTERBOURNE TW3 – £800
  • Probably the most popular Ward & Winterbourne model before the inclusion of the TW3a. This fine ring-system, intermediate level oboe is in beautiful condition and plays just as it should having recently been serviced.
  • MALERNE – £850
  • A very beautiful ring-system, thumb-plate (dual system) professional oboe from this fine French maker. This oboe offers an awful lot for the money with features only found on more expensive instruments.
  • WARD & WINTERBOURNE TW3a – £1350
  • This is their intermediate, wooden bodied, covered-plate model (and as such is a good direct alternative to the Howarth S20), but this has the addition of the left-hand F-natural mechanism. Ward & Winterbourne are always respected for their excellent acoustics and reliable mechanism.
  • SCHREIBER 7150 – £1400
  • This oboe, made by Buffet but stamped ‘Schreiber’, is the same as the Buffet 4151 – an excellent intermediate level oboe with the benefit of a thumb-plate with the conservatoire system and a left-hand F key. This will take a player to grade 8 and beyond.
  • MARIGAUX – £1500
  • This would have started life as a ring system, professional, oboe, but has been brought more up to date by having the keys on the bottom joint covered.
  • BUFFET ACADEMY – £1800
  • A lovely full Gillet (with added thumb-plate), professional system model in excellent order.
  • RIGOUTAT RIEC – £2500
  • This is a fine example of their ‘graduate model with thumb-plate and left-hand-F. The RIEC is the same acoustics as their professional model, but with machine finished (rather than hand finished) key-work.
  • RIGOUTAT RIEC – £2600
  • Their ‘graduate model with thumb-plate, third-octave and left-hand-F. The RIEC is the same acoustics as their professional model, but with machine finished (rather than hand finished) key-work. It has everything that the professional model has with the exception of some, seldom used, adjusting screws and the left-hand D# to E trill mechanism.
  • MARIGAUX 901 – £2800
  • A late 70’s instrument (No.  6384) in beautiful condition having just been serviced. The Marigaux 901 is still regarded as the flagship model that most professional players have used at one time or another, and many still do.
  • PÜCHNER 33E – £3250 – (reserved)
  • Believed to be an 80’s or 90’s instrument offering all the excellence you would expect from this maker. The 33E model is the standard professional instrument with thumb-plate and moved third-octave touch. Everything is in excellent condition as I have just serviced it and it plays beautifully.
  • HOWARTH XL – £4500
  • A late 90’s one, (N0. 4738) but hardly used over the last ten years. A beautiful oboe being sold on behalf of its original owner who cared for it impeccably.
  • Howarth S5 – £4500
  • An excellent example of a Howarth S5 (No. 6186) that has been played, loved, and well cared for by its original owner who, sadly, is no longer able to play and has reluctantly decided to part with this very fine instrument. The S5 and the XL were very equal instruments at this stage of Howarth’s manufacturing.

Used Cors Anglais

  • LOREE – £1900
  • This lovely old ring-system rosewood cor anglais is dual system (thumb-plate and conservatoire) with fully automatic octave keys. It has recently been serviced and comes with one crook and a double case (although the catches on the case aren’t good). Loree have always made good quality instruments and this is no exception and has so far lasted around a century!
  • LOREE – £2000
  • A charming, simple, rosewood cor anglais supplied with two crooks. Although a very basic instrument, this plays beautifully and is very light in the hands. Although around a hundred years old, (cors generally get very little use compared with oboes), this cor is in good condition and ready to play.
  • BOOSEY & HAWKES IMPERIAL – £2400
  • In its day this would have been one of the top professional cors available. It is true English thumb-plate system. Time has moved on and oboe development has evolved, but this still plays wonderfully and sounds the way you want a cor anglais to sound.