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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
3636
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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
Klenig
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
(Illegible) – scroll visible on all 3 parts and possibly a fleur-de-lis on B.
- DM ?> Date of making Probably first half of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with ivory mounts, brass keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 583mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 212mm + 25mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 217mm + 26mm
- B length 154mm
- Acoustic Length 321mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 6.4mm
- Reed well diameter 8.5mm
- Bore at end of TJ 10.5mm
- Bore at top of MJ 11.5mm
- Bore at end of MJ 15.9mm
- Bore at top of B 20.9mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Eb-key with square flat flap, type Young-H; C-key with round flat flap, type Young-Y.
3rd and 4th hole doubled with finger cove.
Bell with 2 vent-holes and inner rim.
Wooden key rings circular.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
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FL ?> Faults
Fair/Good condition. Little chip missing on top ivory mount of MJ. Part of bottom ivory ring on bell missing, broken-off. Crack in bell.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Pitch could not be established.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Very uneven intonation with all available reed set-ups. A lot of resistance in the lower register.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Gift of Ragoudet.
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Remarks
The mark is visible but illegible on this instrument. Nevertheless, it is similar with the Hamamatsu (Museum of Musical Instruments, Japan) Klenig oboe A-0062R, the Vermillion (National Music Museum, South Dakota, USA) NMM 4240 Klenig oboe, and the Stockholm Musikmuseet Klenig chalumeau no.141, including the unique fact that Klenig puts his mark upside-down on every bell.
Very little is known about Klenig. Adkins (2001) p.15 assumes that Klenig – using Nuremberg styles – is of German origin, while Haynes (2001) p.296 considers Klenig to be a French maker.
{Klenig}
