{Triebert}

Simplified system no.3 keywork i.e. without the rings (‘Brille’) but an ‘old-fashioned’ sideward F# key.

Keys with round lipped flaps, all on axles and pillars. Long levers for left Eb and Low B.

On TJ: 2 octave keys, half-hole plateau, C and Bb (with overlap) for R1, G# for L4;

On MJ: F# for R4, cross-F, C-C#-Eb for R4 (C-C# linked), Eb-left and low B for L4;

Low-B key on bell.

Most key-holes milled out with countersunk edge.

3rd hole doubled (very diagonal) with finger cove.

Metal thumb rest.

No inner rim on bell.

Reed well, sockets and bell end metal lined. The tenons are not metal lined.

Excellent condition. Instrument in fair playing condition. Case in fair condition.

Case present, but it is not clear if this case is original or made for this actual oboe: the instrument does not really fit in it. Case dimensions (LxDxH): 415 x 108 x 70mm. No reed box. Length of the eed box space c.93mm.

A = c.438Hz with reed TL 71mm / staple 47mm / tip width 7.2mm.

Nice sound, clear and velvet, maybe a little bright.

Ex-Leloir

Pierre (1893).

Fétis (1866).

Ventzke (1985).

Triebert (1855).

Howe (2011).

Hybrid instrument, bearing at the same time older and newer characteristics: it matches almost entirely the no.3 oboe of the 1855 Triebert catalogue p.4, except for the absence of the ring keys. This makes it difficult to date this instrument. Possibly a simplified wind band type oboe.

The TJ and MJ do not have a mark – unlike other Triebert oboes – and the mark on B is non-standard and not reported in the literature. Possibly a counterfeit?