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Why to keep producing so unnecessary, complicated and expensive instrument?

$150 for an Oboe on Ali Express!

I 3d printed my own obo and it sounds better then these over priced POS

$40,000, the guys who chopped the tree down probably get a 0.00001 percent cut, not bad.

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Saying an oboe is 3x more than a professional flute is not accurate. Professional flutes can quite easily go for $14k or more. Some Powells can start approaching $30k

14k seems reasonable when you consider high-end Gibson and PRS guitars can cost this much and more, and guitars are relatively simple instruments.

5 years to make😅😅😅😅😅😅

"African Blackwood" is a racist term- it is associating the idea of blackness with the continent of Africa and is an example of white privledge.. please do better I will also add this video associates whiteness with civility artistry and higher culture....over all evolution; with privledged white people inside with instruments and machines while at the same time associating blackness with less austere surroundings, in the forest with hand tools and poor looking automobiles the Encendu to the white's Gilgamesh....... We need to break this narrative

So much fuss for such shitty music.

I remember back in middle school we were required to pick 2 instruments we would like to play for music class. A first pick, and a second pick. I picked the saxophone and trumpet. I didn't get either of my picks, and instead got stuck with a trombone. My music teacher used to get so mad at me for being terrible at the trombone, since I never practiced and finally asked me why. I was like, "Because I could care less about the trombone. Why would I practice something I didn't want to learn?" I mean, I know not everyone can get what they want, because then the orchestra would sound awful. But, don't expect anyone to be enthusiastic about playing an instrument they didn't want. A buddy of mine picked the drums and oboe, but got stuck with the tuba. He didn't practice either, lol.

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Hoboes are terribly expensive these days …

It's not an oboe, it's a "tickle flute!"

Fascinating. Along with the bassoon, the oboe has long been one of my favourite instruments. It's haunting quality never fails to impart atmosphere to a musical passage.

You know it's good when the creator tests every part on his own.

That was very interesting, thanks.

Why can’t it be a composite? And don’t try to say tone wood.

Remove the damn pop-ups from the top right.

Great vid, but I kind of died when it said “($14,000)that’s more than four times the price of a high end professional flute”. That is the price for most professional flutes😭. Not even high end either, that would likely be the price for a handmade flute made out of sterling silver. An ACTUAL high end flute is typically made of gold, and those can run you up anywhere from $18,000 on the low end $20,000-$30,000 typically, and $50,000 for a complete 14k gold flute, mechanism and all (there are also some more rare flutes made out of solid platinum that can run over $60,000-$80,000!). Unless the flute is broken or ancient, no professional for will sell for 3,500, that’s for an intermediate level flute. 😭

how is Black wood rare in Africa .??? is it climate change 🙃

"endangered species of tree" how tf can a trree go endangered?? plant more of the damn tree hello?? just using minecraft logic just plant more of the same damn tree wtf??

professional string players wish they only paid 14k for a great instrument

Another BS about expensiveness. We all KNOW very well, that these people will NOT give even one flurking tought to any tree if there is a money in it, so cut the BS

holy shit you used that same clip of the guy cutting the tree down i swear about 5 times

what a wasteful instrument

I'm never gonna play an oboe but I really want that knife in the thumbnail where do I get one?

Black wood is a rare rose wood. The saw logs grow slowly and the grain varies. It is extremely hard. As rose woods age, the lumber stability increases. This is why I have used it to make infill planes. The largest consumer of black wood is the musical industry. Turning black wood is risky. It’s not uncommon to have a billet explode as internal stresses are relieved. Many have mistaken black wood as ebony. It is not an ebony. It is way harder than rock maple making hand tools difficult to work it. But when you have a good blank, it machines like plastic and can hold tight tolerances. Hats off to these craftsmen!

4 times the price of a high end professional flute? where are you getting your information? A high end hand made sterling silver flute can be anywhere from 8k to 20k USD depending on the production methods, the exact composition of the metal used, and the extra features that the flutist requests. A flute costing just 3,250 USD would be a high end *intermediate* flute produced in a factory with relatively little hand labor. Like the kind a good high schooler might play on. 14 thousand dollars is indeed expensive but that comparison is misleading.

I’ve never laid eyes on one of these things. FAKE NEWS!!

The 150$/m3 fee is laughable when the wood goes for 12000$/m3

use plastic, it will work the same and will prevent cutting endangered trees.

So it takes years of training to learn how to press the "Go" button on the CNC machine?

So they use endangered species of wood for the extreme wealthy to play music with instead of finding a different solution in 2024 this is ******* ridiculous and then they go to a different country and strip them of their resource good job guys I'm sure you're proud of yourself

If this tree is near extincion, don't you think a different hardwood can take its' place?

Truly amazing! So many gifted artists, on BOTH ends of the oboe!

Just astounding!

I always thought the black was a finish or something. cool that the wood is actually black. :)

Bro pianos can start out at 40 grand for the basic ones. Your could buy a nice car at this point

What about using engineered woods, i.e. HPL? Much denser and can be made from any cheap cellulose fibre source, and once cured, the resin is non-toxic too

Lmao 0:19 A professional flute alone is 20k + Some could opt for a 15k but oboes are notoriously cheaper due to the lack of metals such as gold, platinum and diamond that can be found with our flutes.

Correction: why are expensive oboes so expensive?

Why are oboes so expensive? -said no one who’s been in the same room as one

im a clarinet type guy not a oboe man

I’m sure they could find an alternative material that’s man made and probably better suited then a rare wood that’s going extinct

regarding flutes. High end flute costs depend on what they are made of: Wood/silver: $10-15K. gold: $20-50K, depending on the amount of gold. Platinum: $70K+. Of course, a flute can remain in first class shape for 100 years.

Imagine if Mike Dadson would have a kid called Papa

Nowadays 3D printing will stop cutting trees and destroying forrest for just a music instrument.

A very ordinary sounding instrument after all that work.

The workshop produces 800 oboes a year but it takes 5 years to an oboe to be built.🤔 What am I missing here?