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Bassoon Professor Partners with High School to Expand Access
“The project also received support from Fox Products Corporation, which sponsored the performance. ‘Fox Products’ commitment to supporting bassoonists of all generations is remarkable. I’m deeply grateful for their partnership,’ Reynolds added.“
“Fox Products’ Model 5800 Professional Bb Clarinet has been awarded Best in Show at The NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif. Fox Model 5800 was designed and manufactured entirely at Fox’s facilities in South Whitley.“
Best in Show awarded to the Fox Model 5800 Professional Bb Clarinet
“Held Jan. 24, Best in Show was moderated by Frank Alkyer, president of Music Inc. magazine and UpBeat Daily, and featured a panel of six retail-buying experts who presented their top picks for the best gear and services they saw across the 2026 show floor.”
“Fox Products has been manufacturing musical instruments for more than 76 years – bassoons, the larger contrabassoons, oboes and English horns… Now comes the Fox Model 5800, a B-flat clarinet for professionals that the company launched late last year and is optimistic will attract plenty of buyers.”
“We’re touring the Fox Products factory, where they’ve been making world-class double reed instruments since 1949. Building musical instruments is a really interesting mix of modern technology and old-world craftsmanship…”
Stephanie Patterson has earned a unique reputation as Fox Product’s “oboe meme queen,” combining her love for the instrument with social media savvy and humor. Starting oboe at the age of seven, Stephanie grew into a skilled performer and an advocate for the often-overlooked instrument…
Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Fox Products continues to innovate and use dealer and end-user feedback to improve its product range under the leadership of Gabe Starkey.
Fox Products has released the Fox Model 750. This new bassoon combines the mechanical stability and consistency for which Fox Products is known with the power and flexibility required by the most discerning players.
After years of development, an elite team of professional bassoonists from across the country including representatives from Rice University gathered at Purdue University Fort Wayne’s Auer Performance Hall to test a new bassoon prototype from Fox Products.
Gabe Starkey‘s journey to president of Fox Products is a testament to his dedication and passion for music. With a love for music and a deep appreciation for manufacturing, Gabe’s path led him to the helm of a company renowned worldwide for its band instruments. Fox Products, founded in 1949 by Hugo Fox, has been a cornerstone in the musical instrument industry…
In an age when automation is becoming the norm, one Northeast Indiana musical instrument manufacturer has found a way to seamlessly blend technology with artistry. Fox Products in South Whitley employs a team of skilled professionals who make double-reed instruments — oboes, English horns, bassoons and contrabassoons.
Kris Slater, a pro bassoon key mounter, has done the job for nearly twenty years. Though he’s not a musician, his love for the double reeded instrument is in the craftsmanship. “There’s over 100 parts that I actually assemble on one bassoon,” he told us. “I take 30 to 40 hours to do my key work on one of these.”
“We straddle that fence by creating a high-quality instrument but also have that really high level of intermediate artists that students can rely on and can take all the way up through their master’s,” Starkey said. “That’s really what sets us apart.”
“Nestled among sparsely placed homes and farm fields, now barren from their crops, in Whitley County sits a place known worldwide for helping create beautiful music… Fox Products is now known as the world’s largest manufacturer of bassoons – having started in a modified chicken coop more than 60 years ago.”
Fox Products current employs about 120 people in its 29,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, plus 15 outside workers who do key mounting. Turnover has been practically nonexistent, although the company is beginning to see some retirements among its older instrument developers and craftspeople.
