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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
2615
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
11 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Ponfoort, Joseph
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
J.PONFOORT / GAND / 1852 - on all 3 parts.
- PL ?> Place of origin Ghent (Gent)
- DM ?> Date of making 1852
- MATERIALS Boxwood with brass ferrules and keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 550 mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 209 mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 206 mm
- B length 134 mm
- Acoustic Length 320 mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 4.3 mm
- Reed well diameter 6.7 mm
- Reed or crook well depth (if cylindrical) 17 mm
- Bore at end of TJ 8.9 mm
- Bore at top of MJ 9.9 mm
- Bore at end of MJ 14.1 mm
- Bore at top of B 14.2 mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Brass keys, ferrules, thumb rest and reed cylinder.
Keyheads with round lipped flaps type Heyde-181/4, all mounted on short axles and pillars.
On TJ: octave key, C and Bb for R1, G# for L4;
On MJ: F# for L4, cross-F, C-C#-Eb with particular design, left Eb and low B with long levers for L4, low B-key on bell.
SATK (springs attached to the key).
3rd hole doubled with finger cove.
No vent-holes or inner rim on bell.
Metal lining: reed cylinder, joint and bell top ends.
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FL ?> Faults
Fair condition. Wood body heavily worn and scratched. Huge crack in top of MJ. Small hairline cracks in bell.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Pitch hard to estimate due to condition of the instrument. Playing was hardly possible because of the crack in MJ. Only a few notes could be played, pointing towards A = c. 438-440 Hz with reed TL 68.9 mm / staple 42 mm / 7.7 mm.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Snoeck
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FM ?> Further information on maker
Mentioned in Closson (1935) p. 74.
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol. IV p. 360.
Mentioned in Waterhouse (1993) p. 307.
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