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When it's part of earning your living...
 Fox is proud to offer a magnificent portfolio of the finest bassoons, contrabassoons, oboes and English horns in the world. Our aim is to surpass your expectations both in our factory, online and beyond the sale. We have a fine group of experienced and knowledgeable dealers both around the country and the world who can help guide through the selection and purchasing process. Please visit our Dealers section to find a representative close to you.
Fox has been the proud manufacturer of double reed instruments for over 60 years and has proudly served more than 3,500 musicians. We invite you to tour our website then schedule a visit to come see us in person.
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 The concept of what is now Fox Products Corporation began in Hugo Fox's imagination sometime between 1922 and 1949, the years when he was principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He founded his company in South Whitley, Indiana, during the summer of 1949 and the first bassoon was completed in November 1951. During that first production year, 12 instruments were finished and delivered.
The business, which included bassoon reed manufacturing (started by Mr. Fox during the late 1930s) grew slowly at first. Nevertheless, the 1950s saw the addition of oboe reed manufacturing to the product line, and additions to machines and tools and a modest expansion of bassoon manufacturing.
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Written by Alan Fox
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 During the 20th Century, the bassoon underwent a steady evolution in performance characteristics, responding to long-term trends in the pitch of orchestras as well as to the demands of larger concert halls and the varying tastes of performers and audiences throughout the world.
In an effort to provide instruments with maximum projection and flexibility, while meeting sophisticated standards for intonation, tone quality and resonance, we have reviewed (and in some cases, resurrected) many of the earlier methods, materials, and acoustical designs that are currently in use in professional orchestras. The results show up in four different woods employed in the manufacture of our instruments, each of which has been combined, experimentally, with most of the acoustical designs, the most interesting ones being offered as options to the appropriate models.
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