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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
3592
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
10 keys and 2 rings
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MK ?> Maker
Tulou, Jean-Louis
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
(nightingale) / TULOU / PARIS – on all 3 parts.
- PL ?> Place of origin Paris
- DM ?> Date of making Middle of the 19th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with silver or silver plated rings and keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 563mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 213mm + 17.2mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 205mm + 26mm
- B length 145mm
- Acoustic Length 322mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 4.6mm
- Reed well diameter 6.9mm
- Reed or crook well depth (if cylindrical) Metal lined but not cylindrical.
- Bore at end of TJ 9.7mm
- Bore at top of MJ 10.7mm
- Bore at end of MJ 15.3mm
- Bore at top of B 16.3mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Round flat lipped keyheads on short axles and pillars. Octave key and ring-keys on long axles.
On TJ: octave key, C and Bb for R1, G# for L4;
On MJ: F# in combination with 2 ring-keys (‘Brille’), cross-F on separate short axle, C-C#-Eb; low B with long lever for L4, key on bell.
SATK (springs attached to the key).
3rd hole doubled with finger cove.
One very small vent-hole (or vent-hole failure) on bell, plugged again. Inner rim in bell.
Reed well, sockets and tenons metal lined.
Reed well slightly conical.
Key-holes and ring-holes milled out, all with countersunk edge.
Octave key receiver sticking deeply through bore.
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FL ?> Faults
Very good condition.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c.438–440Hz with reed TL 68.9mm / staple 42mm / tip width 8mm, and with reed TL 71mm / staple 47mm / tip width 7.3mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Warm and round sound. Intonation a little uneven for some notes.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Gift of H.Hachez.
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FM ?> Further information on maker
Fétis (1866) pp.267–8.
Pierre (1893) p.297.
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Comparable instruments
Oxford: The Bate Collection, Tulou oboe no.213.
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Remarks
This instrument is very similar to the no.2 mark in the Triebert (1855) catalogue, leaving out the half-hole plateau and the left Eb.
Keyhead-type and -design pointing towards an instrument after 1840.
Tulou is primarily known as a flautist and flute maker.
{Tulou}
