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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
0423
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
2 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Anonymous
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
(No visible mark)
- DM ?> Date of making End of the 17th beginning of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with ivory mounts, brass keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length c. 566 mm (bottom ivory mount loose).
- TJ length (body + tenon) 215 mm + 25 mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 215 mm + 27 mm
- B length c. 136 mm
- Acoustic Length 327 mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 5.6 mm
- Reed well diameter 8.3 mm
- Bore at end of TJ 10.8 mm
- Bore at top of MJ 12.3 mm
- Bore at end of MJ 17.7 mm
- Bore at top of B 20.4 mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
2 brass keys with round flat flaps, type Young-S for C-key; type Heyde-179/1 for Eb-key the keyhead being a mirror of the key touch.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
Raised key rings circular.
3rd + 4th hole doubled. Finger cove for 4th hole, not for 3rd.
2 large vent-holes in bell. The ivory bell mount - with mounting studs - makes an inner rim.
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FL ?> Faults
Ivory bell mount broken and loose.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c. 408-410 Hz with reed TL 78mm / staple 56 mm / tip width 9.2 mm.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Tolbecque
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol. I p. 436.
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Remarks
Haynes (2001) p. 79 mentions this instrument as an example of type-A1 hautboy, and assumes it is possibly French, late 17th century.
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