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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
2015.1235.058
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
Elaborate système 3 (hybrid système 4)
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MK ?> Maker
Triebert
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
BREVETE / 2 / (barbican tower with 3 merlons) / TRIEBERT / A PARIS – on TJ and B;
BREVETE / (barbican tower with 3 merlons) / TRIEBERT / A PARIS – on MJ.
“0” on back of TJ and MJ.
- PL ?> Place of origin Paris
- DM ?> Date of making Probably second half of the 19th century.
- MATERIALS Probably rosewood, with nickel silver keywork.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 569.3mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Flat, round lipped key-heads. Instrument combining both system no.3 and system no.4 characteristics. It also resembles somehow the system no.5, but without the thumb-plate: 2 manual octave keys; half-hole plateau for L1; C and Bb vent holes on one long axle ‘Nonon Style’; two ring keys for R2 and R3, connected with low C-key for d3 improvement. ‘Double kidney’ levers for L4, low B key on bell.
3rd hole doubled with finger cove.
No vent-holes nor inner rim in bell.
Metal lining: reed well,MJ top, bell top and end.
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FL ?> Faults
Oboe in good condition. Repaired crack on bell. Keywork needs revision.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A= c.435Hz with reed TL 65mm / staple 42mm ‘Bernadini / tip width 8.5mm.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-M. Mosler.
- FM ?> Further information on maker
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Remarks
This oboe does not match any of the keywork systems of Triebert’s 1855 catalogue. It bares characteristics of system 3, 4 and 5 but without the thumb-plate. Most of all it looks like a modernized system no.3 oboe, and probably made after 1855.
{Triebert}
