(Band director and woodwind specialist with two oboists in the family chiming in here!!)
A Loree is generally a VERY nice oboe. Unless it is in terrible condition or exceptionally old, you will make much better money going through someone who specializes in nicer oboes than just the corner music shop. Your local music store *may* be a good option if it's a particularly large or good store, but many of them do NOT buy used instruments back (they sell used instruments from their instrument rental pool, not from other random people.) In particular, the big national chain stores often tend to refuse to buy back at all.
Some thoughts:
- Hannah's Oboes (hannahsoboes.com) is a oboe specialty place that would sell it on consignment. There are others - but my experience is that the the two most well known by double reed players are Hannah and Carlos (carlosoboe.com). Many, many people are aware of these two and you'd have lots of visibility by oboists and oboe teachers looking for higher level instruments (especially used ones).
- If there is a woodwind repair shop in your area, they may be willing to take it on consignment or buy it outright to overhaul and sell at a higher price. Or they may just allow you to post a sign listing it for sale. This is actually more likely than the music instrument sales place, in my experience.
- Local high school students may be looking to upgrade to a Loree - drop an email to the local HS band director.
- If there is a music college or a conservatory in your area, there may be students looking to upgrade. Since oboists are relatively rare, there's not a ton of people out there looking. Contacting the oboe teacher would be the quickest way to communicate with the people who might be interested.
If you want to PM me, I'd be happy to give you more specific suggestions if I have an idea what part of the country you are in.
