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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
1991.005
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
12 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Triebert
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
TRIEBERT / A PARIS - on B.
- PL ?> Place of origin Paris
- DM ?> Date of making Probably 2nd half of the 19th century.
- MATERIALS Rosewood or ebony with nickel silver keywork.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 570.7 mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 231 mm + 17.1 mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 197.4 mm + 16.7 mm
- B length 142 mm
- Acoustic Length 326 mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore c. 4.0 mm
- Reed well diameter 6.8 mm
- Reed or crook well depth (if cylindrical) 18.7 mm
- Bore at end of TJ 10.5 mm
- Bore at top of MJ 10.5 mm
- Bore at end of MJ 15.0 mm
- Bore at top of B 15.0 mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
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.
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FL ?> Faults
Excellent condition. Instrument in fair playing condition. Case in fair condition.
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CS ?> Case
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): 415x108x70 mm. No reed box. Reed box space c. 93mm.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c. 438 Hz with reed TL 71 mm / staple 47mm / tip width 7.2 mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Nice sound, clear and velvet, maybe a little bright.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Leloir
- FM ?> Further information on maker
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Remarks
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?
{Triebert}
