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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
3376
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
3 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Borkens, Philip
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
(crown) / P.BORKENS / (lion rampant) – on all 3 parts.
- PL ?> Place of origin Amsterdam
- DM ?> Date of making Between 1724 and c1765.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with brass keys.
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MEASUREMENTS
Measurements courtesy of Jan Bouterse.
- full_measurements1
- Body Length c572mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) c213mm + 24mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) c210 mm + 25mm
- B length c148mm
- Acoustic Length c327mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 5.8mm
- Reed well diameter 8.7mm
- Bore at end of TJ 11.5mm
- Bore at top of MJ 11.9mm
- Bore at end of MJ 16.6mm
- Bore at top of B 19.6mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 brass keys, 2 square flat flaps with indentation type Young-L for Eb-keys; round flat flap type Young-Y for C-key.
Raised key rings circular.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
3rd and 4th hole doubled with finger cove.
Bell with 2 vent-holes and (hardly any) inner rim.
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FL ?> Faults
Fair condition. Instrument heavily warped. Quite a big crack in bell.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Pitch estimated at A = c392-5Hz with reed TL 84mm / staple 61mm ø 3 + 4.5mm / tip width 9mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Intonation very uneven, c” being extremely high with every kind of reed. No satisfying solution found.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Wyngaard
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FM ?> Further information on maker
Bouterse (2005) pp.69-70, p.208 and pp.497-9.
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Bouterse (2005) Cd-rom App.C under ‘Borkens-06. PDF’.
Listed in Young (1993) p.34.
Mentioned in Waterhouse (1993) p.41.
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IR ?> Illustration reference
Bouterse (2005) Cd-rom photo-files under Borkens no-06 (11 pictures).
- GL ?> General literature (about this type of instrument)
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Comparable instruments
Amsterdam: De Vries Collection (1999) p.10, oboe Borkens.
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Remarks
Mark on bell not clearly legible.
Finger-holes 2 and 5 rather oval and large. Hole 4 very big.
{Borkens}
