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{Bizey}

IND ?> Inv. number
0424
CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
TS ?> Type or system
2 keys
MK ?> Maker
Bizey, Charles
IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
(fleur-de-lis) / BIZEY - on all 3 parts.
PL ?> Place of origin Paris
DM ?> Date of making 1st half of the 18th century.
MATERIALS Boxwood with ivory mounts, silver or silver plated keys.
MEASUREMENTS
Body Length 600 mm
TJ length (body + tenon) 222 mm + 24 mm
MJ length (body +tenon) 216 mm + 30 mm
B length 161 mm
Acoustic Length 340 mm
BORE
Minimal bore 5.9 mm
Reed well diameter c. 8.2 mm
Bore at end of TJ c. 10.6 mm (very irregular)
Bore at top of MJ 10.6 mm
Bore at end of MJ 16.3 mm
Bore at top of B 20.1 mm
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
2 brass keys, square flat flaps type Young-A.

SATB (springs attached to the body).

Raised key rings circular.

3rd and 4th hole doubled with finger cove.

Bell with 2 vent-holes and inner rim.
FL ?> Faults
repaired crack on bell.
UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c. 390 Hz with different reed types e.g. TL 85 mm / staple 58 mm / tip width 9.4 mm.
PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Instrument plays well. Warm sound.
PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Tolbecque
SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol. I p. 436. “Cet instrument est en si b (au diapason actuel).”

Pierre (1893) p. 99: “...Un autre hautbois....est à Bruxelles. Cet instrument est en Si b d’après le diapason actuel.”

Haynes (2001) p. 88 as an example of a type-E hautboy, and p. 466 listing rudimentary measurements.

Listed in Young (1993) p. 23.

Mentioned in Waterhouse (1993) p. 34.
GL ?> General literature (about this type of instrument)
Haynes (2001) p. 420 discusses Bizey as the possible inventor of the type-E hautboy.
Comparable instruments
Oxford, The Bate Collection: Bizey oboe no. 201.
Remarks
Silver keys according to Mahillon (R1978) Vol. I p. 436. The given length “6m60” is probably a misprint, meaning 0m60, like the length indication used for the other oboes.

Pierre (1893) possibly quotes from the first 'Mahillon' edition of 1880.
Bell possibly in plum-wood according to Wolfgang Kube.

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