Award Winning Fox Oboe Model 800 (grenadilla) Best Choice [IaOsUxpE]

Award Winning Fox Oboe Model 800 (grenadilla) Best Choice [IaOsUxpE]

The Fox Model 800 is a standard-size professional wood oboe. Through dimensional changes in the bore and tone holes, this oboe provides a bigger sound with more resonance, fullness, and projection than its predecessor, the Fox Model 400. It offers advanced players the breadth and complexity of tone required for orchestral playing.

Standard Features

• Select grenadilla wood body
• Nickel silver lined tenon sockets
• Nickel silver caps for lower tenon shoulders
• Silver-plated keys, posts, bands, and bell ring
• Stainless steel arbors and wire springs
• Teflon-tipped stainless steel adjusting screws
• High-quality cork pads on low C and above
• High-quality bladder pads on low B and B♭ keys
• Adjustable thumb rest

Standard Keywork

• Full conservatory key system handmade in the United States
• Third octave key
• B tab
• Assembly key with C-D and B-C♯ trills
• Adjustable A♭-B♭ trill key
• G♯-A trill key
• F# key tab
• Left hand F key
• F resonance mechanism
• Split D ring mechanism
• Low C-C♯ trill key
• Articulated C# mechanism
• Low B♭ with vent key
• Bell key adjusting screw
• Open hole B, A, G, E, and D keys

Accessories

• Fox oboe case
• Six-reed case
• Tenon cork caps
• Silk swab
• Cork grease
• Care cloth
• Humidifier
• Screwdriver
• Thumb rest adjusting wrench

Additional Options

• Philadelphia high D key