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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
2015.1235.059
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
8 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Anonymous (ascribed to Henri Brod, Paris)
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
None
- SN ?> Serial number None
- PL ?> Place of origin Most probably France.
- DM ?> Date of making First half of the nineteenth century.
- MATERIALS Probably rosewood, with 4 ivory mounts and silver or silver plated keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 570.3mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Round key-heads type Heyde-181/4.
Keys mounted on pillars. Short axles, likely with screw-thread inside.
SATK Springs attached to the key.
8 keys: Bb for R1; G# for L4; F# for R4; cross-F key for R3; Eb-C-C# for R4; long low B lever for L4, key on bell; C-Eb with see-saw connection key.
Small thumb rest.
No vent holes and no inner rim on bell.
3rd and 4th hole doubled with finger cove.
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FL ?> Faults
Excellent condition. No visible cracks.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c.435Hz with reed TL 65mm / staple 42mm ‘Bernadini / tip width 8.5mm.
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FM ?> Further information on maker
Fétis (1866) pp.78–9.
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Comparable instruments
Paris, Musée de la Musique: Brod oboe no.E.379.
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Remarks
This anonymous oboe might have been made by Henri Brod, Paris, since it has many resemblances with other instruments from this maker: typical top finial, key and bell design, and see-saw key for the C-Eb junction. The absence of an octave key, a half-hole plateau, a low Bb and metal mounts, all elements to find on Brod oboes, points into the direction of an earlier instrument, perhaps 1820–1830.
{Anonymous (ascribed to Brod)}
