The TS 5000 Professional Oboe

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The TS 5000 is a handmade, professional oboe. All keywork is nickel/silver and bronze with either silver or gold plating, mounted exclusively on silver steel rods. The use of silver steel rods throughout the instrument, replacing the traditional use of pivot screws, combined with revolutionary polycarbonate adjusting screws eliminating troublesome cork bumpers effectively keeps the instrument in perfect adjustment longer.

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The TS 5000 features all standard professional keywork including;

	Professional style bore
	Undercut tone holes
	Low C^#/B link
	Forked F vent Key
	Low B^bVent Key
	Left hand C/D and A^b/B^b trills
	Right hand C/D trill
	Long F
	3rd Octave key
	Right hand A^b/A trill

Each oboe is individually crafted to order and we offer specialty keywork and altered layout facilities to suit your individual requirements.

The TS 5000 is available in Grenadilla wood for a traditional darker sound as well as Australian Mulga wood for players who prefer a brighter, richer sound. Tom Sparkes oboe bodies are not stained in the traditional manner, but enjoy their natural grained beauty. In the case of Australian Mulga, a rich, golden lustre and for Grenadilla, the natural black and dark browns.

All Tom Sparkes wooden oboes are turned from wood seasoned in Australia for maximum stability and to suit the harshest of climates.

In 1993, Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum , a museum devoted to the best in technology and design from around the world, commissioned Tom Sparkes to create a Mulga wood oboe with gold keywork to add to their permanent collection. In the museum published book "Treasures of the Powerhouse Museum", they pay tribute not only to the beauty of the instrument, but also to the dual innovations of balancing the keywork on long rods instead of pivot screws and of improving the pitch or intonation of the lowest two keys.

All Tom Sparkes Oboes carry a 12 month unconditional guarantee.
To request current pricing or more information on a
Tom Sparkes oboe, please e-mail our oboe consultants.

Tom Sparkes Oboes
Unit 6, 103 Hunter St
Hornsby NSW 2077 Australia
Ph 61-2-9477 7133, Fax 61-2-9477 6670
Email tom@tomsparkesoboes.com.au