Yamaha YOB841LT Custom Oboe

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

Hardworked 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

Specs:

Level: Custom

Key of : 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; 3rd octave key

Upper Joint Material: Grenadilla with Ebonite Inner-pipe

Lower Joint Material: Grenadilla

Bell Material: Grenadilla

Key Material: Nickel Silver; Silver plating

Tone holes: POM Resin

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