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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
0965
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
(Incomplete Oboe)
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TS ?> Type or system
3 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Rottenburgh, I.H.
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
I⋅H⋅ / ROTTENBURGH / (six-point star) – on MJ and B.
- PL ?> Place of origin Brussels
- DM ?> Date of making Middle of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with 2 ivory mounts and brass keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- MJ length (body +tenon) 219mm + 29mm
- B length 154mm
- BORE
- Bore at top of MJ 11.4mm
- Bore at end of MJ 16.1mm
- Bore at top of B 19.3mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 brass keys with square flat flaps type Young-A for Eb-Keys; round flat flap type Young-S for C-key.
Raised key rings not circular.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
Bell with 2 vent-holes and inner rim.
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FL ?> Faults
Top joint missing.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Mahillon V. & J.
- FM ?> Further information on maker
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol.II p.249.
Ottenbourgs (1989) pp.560–3.
Listed in Young (1993) p.194.
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Comparable instruments
Brussels MIM oboes 0966, 2608, 2609, 2610 (G.A.), 4360, 1984.024.
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Remarks
Characteristics of both Haynes types-A2 and B. Looks earlier than MIM oboe 0966 (Haynes type-E). No successful combination with MIM oboe 4360 top joint.
Mahillon (R1978) Vol.II p.249 does not mention an incomplete oboe. He gives a TL of 640mm for the (complete) oboe. This length is most probably including a reed.
{Rottenburgh}
