Fox Model 400 Professional Oboe

One of the Original Fox Professional Oboes - The Fox Model 400

The Fox Model 400, which is the all-grenadilla wood version of Fox Product's most traditional designs, is renowned for its sweet sound, stability, and intonation. It incorporates Fox’s original bore and tone hole design, ensuring exceptional performance. Equipped with standard full conservatory keywork, the Model 400 stands as a testament to Fox's commitment to crafting instruments of the highest quality and exquisite craftsmanship.

• 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 Bb keys

SPECIFICATIONS

Standard Keywork

• Full conservatory key system handmade in the United States
• Third octave key
• B tab
• Assembly key with C-D and B-C# trills
• Adjustable Ab-Bb trill key
• G-Sharp-A trill key
• F-Sharp key tab
• Left hand F key
• F resonance mechanism
• Split D ring mechanism
• Low C-C# trill key
• Articulated C# mechanism
• Low Bb with vent key
• Open hole B, A, G, E, and D keys

Accessories

• Fox oboe case
• Six-reed case and reed
• Tenon cork caps
• Silk swab
• Cork grease
• Care cloth
• Humidifier
• Screwdriver

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