Sue still plays the oboe locally where she lives, working with various groups, it still sounds great, but from my own limited experience its a hefty blow! She often uses it to play countermelodies in, and in my opinion sounds best in the more eastern sounding tunes that the band plays. Caroline says that Sue really changed oboeists ideas when she was playing with John, as she played it much more like a bagpipe than had been previously heard( in this country) I agree about Milladoiro 100%