Instruments for Sale

Last Updated 23/1/24

Used Oboes:

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  • BUNDY – 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 – £600
  • B&H ’78 -made by the Selmer Company in the USA. Plastic bodied with silver plated keys. Covered hole, thumb-plate system. This model is a the same as a Bundy and imported by Boosey and Hawkes when they ceased production of their own oboes at Edgware. Good condition and free blowing – S O L D
  • BUFFET 4120 – Buffets are an ideal starter instrument that will take a player to grade 5 or 6. They have the advantage of small ‘vent’ holes, in the centre of the finger-plates of the left hand, preparing students for their next, more advanced, oboe. The 4120 is a wooden bodied instrument with nickel plated keywork – £600
  • HOWARTH JUNIOR – A rare chance to obtain this excellent starter oboe. The junior is a ‘cut down’ version of the S10 more suitable for younger players as they are lighter (having less mechanism). – £700
  • HOWARTH S10B – A 90’s version of the S10 (Howarth’s standard entry level instrument) in lovely playing order – S O L D
  • WARD & WINTERBOURNE TW1a – This wooden-bodied entry level oboe has silver-plated ‘covered’ holes (similat to the Howarth S10) but with an acoustic that is a little more advanced. This has just been serviced and is in excellent order – S O L D
  • MALERNE – A very beautiful ring-system, thumb-plate professional oboe from this fine French maker – £850
  • WARD & WINTERBOURNE TW3a – This is their intermediate, wooden bodied, covered-plate model and as such is a good direct alternative to the Howarth S20 – £1200
  • HOWARTH S20 – About 20 years old but with has not had a hard life. I need to service it before it can be sold – S O L D
  • BUFFET ACADEMY A lovely full Gillet (with added thumb-plate), professional system model in excellent order – £2000
  • RIGOUTAT RIEC 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 – £2500
  • RIGOUTAT RIEC – 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, When I have serviced it, it will be – £2600
  • PÜCHNER 33E – An 80’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 –  £3250
  • MARIGAUX 901 – A late 80’s instrument in lovely condition – S O L D
  • HOWARTH XL – A late 90’s one, but hardly used over the last ten years. A beautiful oboe being sold on behalf of its original owner who cared for it impeccably – £4500
  • HOWARTH XL – Originally purchased in 2000, this oboe is in super condition and comes with the special hardwood case. Being sold on behalf of its original owner who has now, sadly, retired from playing – S O L D
  • DUPIN GINET – Dupin are a small, but proven, manufacturer of oboes based in Zurich. I don’t come across these very often, but they are always excellent. This is the first time that I have seen the ‘Ginet’ version, but it is clearly of the very highest standard. It is around 20 years old, has had less that normal use and hence is in superb condition. – £5000

Used Cors Anglais

  • B&H Imperial – A very fine ring-system, thumb-plate cor anglais. The Imperial range of instruments were Boosey and Hawkes’s top end instruments aimed at the professional player. Although the industry has moved on since this was made, this cor is still a quality instrument and plays beautifully – S O L D
  • HOWARTH S2 – This was probably the model that started giving Howarths such a good reputation when it come to the cor anglais. Two open-holes (rings) and thumb-plate only. True English system in beautiful condition and excellent playing order, sold with a Howarth branded ‘MB’ double case. – S O L D
  • CABART – An interesting open-hole (only two) system cor made from rosewood. A good ‘first cor’ to try without breaking the bank – £1700
  • RIGOUTAT RIEC – The RIEC cor is wonderful. It is acoustically identical to the professional Rigoutat cor, but has machine finished keywork instead of hand finished – £4000