Yamaha YOB-841 Custom Oboe

Achieve Beautiful Silky Tone With The Yamaha YOB-841 Custom Oboe

The YOB-841 features an 'open' bore configuration optimized to match 'American' style reeds. This inner bore shape is complemented by tapered tone-holes with conical undercutting for a dark silky tone with a focused center. This model was developed in close cooperation with the principal oboists of some of America's top orchestras. Third octave key and king-rosewood body are available on request.

Played by some of the top American oboists, this custom oboe combines a dark silky tone with a focused center.

• Handworked keys - Skilled artisans braze and adjust all keys on Yamaha oboes by hand to optimize the balance of each individual instrument
• Newly designed, highly polished bore - Excellent intonation, tonal balance, and resistance
• Hand-tapered, undercut tone holes - Precise, even intonation and response
• Nickel-silver bell ring - Increases effective density of the bell for improved response and tone
• Philadelphia D key - An extra screw that permits fine adjustments to the high D for improved tone and tuning

SPECIFICATIONS

• Level: Custom
• Key: C
• Key System: Full Conservatoire
• Bore Style: American
• Octave Keys: Semi-automatic
• Mechanical Features:
• Left-hand F key; Fork F resonance key; 'Philadelphia D key'
• Upper Joint Material: Grenadilla
• Lower Joint Material: Grenadilla
• Bell Material: Grenadilla
• Key Material: Nickel Silver
• Plating: Silver
• Tone Holes: Undercut with conical uppercuts
• Thumb Rest: Fixed
• Trill Keys:
• Low B - C# ; low C - Db ; C# - D# ; D# - E ; F# - G# ; G# - A ; Ab - Bb ; A# - B ; B - C# ; left C - D; right C - D
• Spring Type: Blue Steel
• Cork: 19
• Pads: 3