Žilvinas Smalys on Instagram: "Can a cheap and old bassoon sound nicely, and project well? If it's in a good shape and a correct setup is being used, the answer is definitely yes I compared a recently restored student model Schreiber to my backup Yamaha 812. Used the same reed, and the same new generation Püchner CC1 bocal on both instruments. Well no doubt that a pro model with all the bells and whistles sounds superior to a student model, but does it sound 8 times better if we look just at the