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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
0970
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe d’amore in A
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TS ?> Type or system
3 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Wolraupier
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
P. WOLRAVPIER
- DM ?> Date of making Instrument difficult to date (see Remarks for this).
- MATERIALS Boxwood with 3 horn mounts, brass keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 604 mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 254 mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 233 mm
- B length 117 mm
- Acoustic Length 382 mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 6.0 mm
- Reed well diameter 9.3 mm
- Bore at end of TJ 11.5 mm
- Bore at top of MJ 12.6 mm
- Bore at end of MJ 17.3 mm
- Bore at top of B 18.6 mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 brass keys, square and flat flaps for Eb-keys, type Young-H; Sextagonal, (like type Young-H, with two lower corners cut off) for C-key.
Raised key rings circular.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
3rd hole doubled with finger cove.
Bulb bell.
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FL ?> Faults
Very good condition. Some (?)repaired cracks on MJ and B.
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PA ?> Playing Accessories
Reed (not original) for display only.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Pitch could not be determined.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
No good playing result could be obtained, G-A-B being with all reed set-up combinations very out of tune. Intonation very uneven.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Mahillon V. & J.
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol. II p. 251.
Mentioned in Waterhouse (1993) p. 435.
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IR ?> Illustration reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol. II p. 251 (drawing).
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GL ?> General literature (about this type of instrument)
Finkelman (1999) Teil 2, pp. 364-8.
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Remarks
The only instrument known by this maker so far.
German according to Mahillon (R1978) Vol. II p. 251.
Most probably 1st half of the 18th century.
The author does not entirely exclude the hypothesis of a 19th century replica instrument. This requires further research. See De Keyser & Willaert (2006) pp. 82-87 on the vivid 19th century practice of copying early musical instruments for museum purposes.
{Wolraupier}
