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Howarth Junior Beginner Oboe
This is a beginner student oboe built with a simplified French Conservatoire mechanism, without compromising quality. It is made of Grenadilla wood with silver-plated keywork, and shows the same attention to detail as the acclaimed professional model instruments through which Howarth has built its international reputation. Despite their lighter weight to enable younger students to play without strain, these instruments produce a full, beautiful sound with perfect intonation. This, together with their finely-adjusted precise mechanism, will make a beginner feel like a professional musician right from the start.
- Simplified Conservatoire system with semi-automatic octave
- Plateau system (all covered holes)
- Body of Grenadilla wood
- Special lightweight key mechanism, fully silver-plated
- Extensions on 4th finger plates for greater comfort for small hands
- Standard fingerings, facilitating progression to advanced models
- Full 2 ½ octave chromatic range from bottom C
- Works with standard reeds
- Sturdy backpack-style case with integral cover
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Howarth S40C Graduate Oboe
The Howarth S40C intermediate 'Graduate' series was designed for the more advanced student. Whilst its comparatively light weight makes it ideally suited for accomplished younger musicians, this oboe includes most of the essential features of a fully professional instrument, with left-hand F, third octave key, full chromatic range from low Bb, and mechanisms for almost every trill. The instrument has a wonderfully immediate, even and reliable response, and a rich, lively sound coupled with immaculate intonation. It is an ideal oboe for the serious student, and makes an excellent transition instrument between advanced intermediate and professional levels.
- Conservatoire plateaux system
- Body of seasoned Grenadilla wood
- Silver-plated keywork
- Semi-automatic octaves
- Third octave key
- C - D and C# - D trill keys
- C - C# trill mechanism
- Left-hand ('long') F key
- Forked F resonance key
- Low Bb resonance key
- Articulated C# link
- Ab - Bb and Ab - A trill mechanisms
- Auxiliary C
- Additional fine adjustment screws
- Sturdy protective case with case cover and accessories
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Howarth XL Professional Oboe
In 1995, Howarth began work on the development of a prestigious oboe with a new, wider bore, and a new mechanism with fine tolerances for a clean, quick action. In collaboration with internationally renowned oboists, the company created an instrument with a generous yet elegant sound that was both focused and flexible, with exceptional projection.
The Xl model became an immediate success amongst solo and orchestral oboists of international repute, its supple and responsive qualities rapidly establishing a reputation amongst professional and amateur musicians alike.
- Full Gillet Conservatoire plateau system
- Silver-plated keywork
- Body of Grenadilla wood
- Semi-automatic octaves
- Third octave key
- Double C - D and C - C# trill keys
- Forked F resonance key
- Left-hand ('long') F key
- Ab - Bb and Ab - A trill mechanisms
- Gillet (Banana) key - low C - C# trill
- Eb - E trill mechanism
- Low C - C# link
- Philadelphia link (double adjustment screw on C touch piece)
- Metal-sleeved tenons and sockets
- Undercut tone holes
- Low Bb resonance key
- Fine-tuning adjustment screws
- Adjustable thumb rest
- Weight c. 745g
- Professional solid wood case lined with green velvet and covered in luxury fabric, plus professional case cover.
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Howarth XM Professional Oboe
Howarth of London is proud to present its XM Professional model Oboe. Howarth oboes are famous for their incomparable quality and reliability, and for the exceptional ease and playing comfort of their mechanism. The Howarth XM Oboe joins the tradition of their prestigious XL Oboe and presents a totally new sound concept, developed in collaboration with some of the world's most eminent oboists.
The tone quality of this oboe is distinctly European in style, and has been achieved through a radically new design of the body of the instrument, the mechanism, and the bore. The Howarth XM is lighter than the Howarth XL and produces a particularly rich, flexible sound with excellent projection.
- Full Conservatoire plateaux system
- Body of seasoned Grenadilla wood
- Comfortable ergonomic silver-plated mechanism comparable with the prestigious Howarth XL Oboe
- All necessary fine adjustment screws
- Adjustable thumb rest
- Metal-lined tenon sockets and sleeved tenons
- New timbre and resonance qualities due to a lighter body
- New bore
- Professional wooden case lined with green velvet and covered in luxury fabric.
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