Bass oboe in his Third Symphony (1960). Percy Grainger includes the bass oboe in Children's March and The Warriors. The bass oboe has not as yet come into its own as a solo instrument; only a single solo bass oboe concerto has been written to date ("The East Coast", by English composer Gavin Bryars, composed in 1994). The work was written for the Canadian performer Lawrence Cherney, who uses a bass oboe manufactured by F. Lorée. Two concerti have been written featuring the bass oboe in addition to the other four members of the oboe family, these works being David Stock's "Oborama"
Oboe d'amore many oboists not to possess their own , but to rent one when their work dictates the need. For the same reason, however, second-hand oboes d'amore surface from time to time with very little wear (and yet with very little reduction in price over a new instrument). Oboe d'amore The ' (; Italian for "oboe of love"), less commonly ', is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and a more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the alto of the oboe family, between the oboe