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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
0180
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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
Rottenburgh
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
I⋅H⋅ / ROTTENBURGH / (six-point star) – on TJ and B;
I⋅H⋅ / ROTTENBURGH / (six-point star) / RUE DE / L’EMPEREUR – on B;
G.A. / ROTTENBURGH / (six-point star) – on MJ.
- PL ?> Place of origin Brussels
- DM ?> Date of making Middle of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with brass ferrules and keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 725mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 265mm + 34mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 300mm + 37mm
- B length 159.5mm
- Acoustic Length 427mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 6.0mm
- Reed well diameter 7.4mm
- Bore at end of TJ 13.5mm
- Bore at top of MJ 15.3mm
- Bore at end of MJ 18.6mm
- Bore at top of B 18.9mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 brass ferrules on top of every part.
3 brass keys with round flat flaps, type Young-S for C-key; type Heyde-179/1 for Eb-keys, the keyhead being the mirror of the touch.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
Raised key mounts not circular.
3rd hole doubled with finger cove. 4th hole single.
Bulb bell with inner rim; no vent-holes.
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FL ?> Faults
Good condition. some scratches. TJ slightly bent.
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PA ?> Playing Accessories
Bocal, probably not original. Mahillon (R1978) Vol.I p.236 mentions a bocal and a reed.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c.417Hz with supplied bocal (probably not original) and reed TL 52.8mm / staple 28mm bottom ø 5mm / tip width 11mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Quite a nice sound with supplied brass bocal (probably not original).
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Fétis
- FM ?> Further information on maker
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol.I p.236.
Raspé (1972) p.227.
Ottenbourgs (1989) pp.560–3.
Listed in Young (1993) p.192 (as G.A.Rottenburgh) and p.194 (as I.H.Rottenburgh).
Mentioned in Waterhouse (1993) p.337.
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Comparable instruments
Stockholm Musikmuseet F288 see www.musikmuseet.se.
Oxford, The Bate Collection, no.248.
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Remarks
Haynes type-C. Young (1993) p.194 calls this the 'military model’.
{Rottenburgh}
