Fox Oboes

Throughout its history, Fox has sought to find and develop technical expertise and has been receptive to modifying its instruments to suit the needs and tastes of its customers. It supplies a broad base of bassoonists around the world, and an increasing group of oboists in North America, and is becoming recognized as a standard in each field it serves.

Fox Oboe

880 Sayen

Designed to produce the richest and darkest sound of all Fox oboes while still offering exceptional response and intonation, the Sayen Model 880 has a larger body than traditional oboes. Trimmed in gold with fine silver keys and the most select hand-finished grenadilla wood, it exemplifies the beauty and tradition of American craftsmanship. Fox also makes the 880 in maple with a bordeaux finish, fully lined and 16% lighter.

Ships directly from manufacturer, wait times vary. Please contact us for current availability.

Select grenadilla wood body (maple with bordeaux finish also available, lined throughout)
Nickel silver lined tenon sockets
Nickel silver caps for lower tenon shoulders
Silver-plated keys with gold-plated posts and bands
Stainless steel arbors and wire springs
Teflon-tipped stainless steel adjusting screws
High-quality cork pads throughout
Adjustable thumb rest

$9,125

Fox Oboe

800

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

Ships directly from manufacturer, wait times vary. Please contact us for current availability.

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

$8,320

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Fox Oboe

400

One of the original Fox professional oboes, the Fox Model 400 is the all-grenadilla wood version of Fox’s most traditional design. It uses Fox’s original bore and tone hole design with full conservatory keywork, and is known for its sweet sound, stability, and intonation.

Ships directly from manufacturer, wait times vary. Please contact us for current availability.

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

$7,665

Fox Oboe

450

One of the original Fox professional oboes, the Fox Model 450 pairs a plastic top joint, to avoid cracking, with a grenadilla lower joint and bell. It uses Fox’s original bore and tone hole design with full conservatory keywork, and is the perfect choice for schools and doublers who need a reliable, low-maintenance instrument with a great sound.

Ships directly from manufacturer, wait times vary. Please contact us for current availability.

Proprietary plastic resin upper joint
Select grenadilla wood lower joint and bell
Nickel silver lined tenon sockets
Nickel silver caps on lower joint tenon shoulder
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

$7,375

Fox Oboe

300

One of the original Fox professional oboes, the Fox Model 300 is the plastic resin version of Fox’s most traditional design. It has the same full conservatory keywork and bore design as the Model 400 grenadilla oboe, with a body built of durable resin plastic, and is known for its sweet sound, stability, intonation, and durability.

Ships directly from manufacturer, wait times vary. Please contact us for current availability.

Proprietary plastic resin body
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

$7,025