I recently purchased this oboe on eBay from a store in the Netherlands. Has anyone had any experience with this particular model? I switched over from sax to oboe, and my knowledge of oboes was admittedly limited, but I spoke with oboe players and did quite a bit of research (unfortunaltely, most of the information I found on the Fossati was in French- not very helpful). As far as I can tell, this is a very nice instrument- people keep commenting on the mother of pearl key inlays (my sax has this, but evidently uncommon for oboes).
From what the seller could tell me, the oboe is about 10 years old (beautiful wood, no cracks, no pitting or flaking of the keywork). Is there a site I can go to to check out serial numbers? Mine is #279 (and unless Fossati doesn`t manufacture a lot, this would suggest it is on the older side), so I`m curious.
Also, most of the local repair/sales shops out here have never even heard of Fossati, so they haven`t been much help.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!