
I'm also including a wood case I bought from Forrests music, an oboe reed case and some of my oboe reeds (I prefer the German style, but you decide). I had the instrument overhauled last year with all new pads and corks.Ĭomes in the original Loree case along with a Cavallerro case cover. Has a beautiful sound very easy to play (if "easy" could ever be said in the same sentence as "oboe") with a sweet, even tone that blends very well and is right on tuning. About 80 of professional oboists in the US play Loree instruments. Loree accomplished some of their very best workĮver (and some of my favorite work) during the I series.and this horn really speaks to that work. For chronological chart of serial numbers see Lars Kirmser serial number pages. Late D series through to near the end of the G series-they made a plethora of "lemons" during that (Stacey) Can any one tell me where I can find out about a serial number on a Loree Oboe I have checked 'but it is under construction. The beginning of the H series.Loree went through a "Dark Ages" from about the According to Peter Hurd (an expert in this e ) "Loree was (finally) back on track to making good oboes near The Gordet (Kreul-Storch) oboes from the 1960s and 1970s have extremely thick walls in comparison to the modern Loree oboe. Loree went through a period where the quality went downhill. The Loree oboes from the 1920s have rather thin wall thicknesses in comparison to the modern Loree oboes, producing a rather bright sound even when played with the long scrape 'Tabuteau' type reed.

I'm packing in the oboe.I don't play it enough to justify keeping it and trying to keep my chops up and work reeds is just too much, on top of my other instruments (I'm typically hired for clarinet). So, you're buying an oboe from an oboe player, not a guy who runs a pawn shop. Serial number starts with I though it could be an H: over time, the serial letter prefix rubs off. This was my oboe, played in pit orchestras, when I got calls for it.
