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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
0977
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Tenor oboe (Taille de hautbois) in F
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TS ?> Type or system
3 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Kinigspergr (Kinigsperger), Johann Andreas
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
(fleur-de-lis) – on TJ and MJ;
** / *A*KINIGSPERGR** / * / (fleur-de-lis) - on B;
(last character in name illegible).
- PL ?> Place of origin Roding
- DM ?> Date of making 1st half of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Maple or plum-wood, with brass keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length c. 818 mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 274.1 mm + 28.4 mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 335 mm + 28.4 mm
- B length 209.2 mm
- Acoustic Length 426.6 mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 7.0 mm
- Reed well diameter 10.7 mm
- Bore at end of TJ 11.8 mm
- Bore at top of MJ 13.3 mm
- Bore at end of MJ 19.5 mm
- Bore at top of B 19.2 mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 brass keys with flat trapezoidal flaps, type Young-AK.
Raised key rings circular.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
3rd and 4th hole doubled.
Bulb bell with 2 vent-holes.
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FL ?> Faults
Very good condition. Some scratches on body and bell. Some wear on bell, inner rim chipped. One pad missing.
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PA ?> Playing Accessories
Not found. Mahillon (R1978) Vol. II pp. 255-6 mentions a bocal and a reed.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Pitch could not be tested due to lack of adequate bocal (and reed). Rudimentary tests with default material point towards a low-pitched instrument A = c. 388 Hz.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Mahillon V. & J.
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol. II pp. 255-6.
Listed in Young (1993) p. 130.
Mentioned in Waterhouse (1993) p. 211 (as "baritone oboe").
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IR ?> Illustration reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol. II p. 255 (drawing).
- GL ?> General literature (about this type of instrument)
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Comparable instruments
Stockholm: Musikmuseet, tenor oboes nos. M1007 and F289 by his son Johann Wolfgang Kenigsperger. www.musikmuseet.se
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Remarks
Last character of the mark illegible - S according to Mahillon (R1978) Vol. II p. 255 (“Kinigspergs”), R according to Waterhouse (1993) p. 211 ascribing it to Johann Andreas Kinigspergr (Königsberger or Kenisperger).
Most probably Kinigspergr, according to other similar marks on other instruments (Munich, Nuremberg).
Outward design refers to Haynes type A2. C-key design is referring to early models.
Possibly plum-wood according to Charles Indekeu and Young (1993) p. 130.
{Kinigspergr}
