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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
1983.021
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
Système Conservatoire
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MK ?> Maker
Lorée, F.
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
F.LOREE / (star) / PARIS – on all 3 parts;
BREVETE / S.G.D.G – on all 3 parts.
- SN ?> Serial number Y84
- PL ?> Place of origin Paris
- DM ?> Date of making 1909
- MATERIALS Ebony with silver plated keywork.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 601mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 233mm + 19mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 240mm + 17mm
- B length 127mm
- Acoustic Length 323mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore c4.0mm
- Reed well diameter 7.4mm
- Reed or crook well depth (if cylindrical) 18.2mm
- Bore at end of TJ 10.0mm
- Bore at top of MJ 10.2mm
- Bore at end of MJ 15.5mm
- Bore at top of B 15.7mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Silver plated conservatoire system keywork with few particularities except for a wheel key for the cross-F (German style).
No vent-hole for forked-F and low Bb. C#-low B(b) trill. Banana-key. C#-D# trill. E-D# trill through doubled ring for R3.
No bell rim.
Metal lining: reed well, tenons, sockets, joint/bell ends.
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FL ?> Faults
Fair condition. 1 hairline crack in B.
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CS ?> Case
Probably original case, in poor condition.
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PA ?> Playing Accessories
Reed box missing.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Pitch could not be estimated accurately because of the poor playing condition of the keywork. A= c440Hz with reed TL 71mm /staple 47mm / tip width 7.2mm.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-De Neve
- FM ?> Further information on maker
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Remarks
Made in 1909 according to the Lorée archives.
Storch (1999) p.29 reports that many years of collaboration between François Lorée and Georges Gillet restulted in the birth of this Système Conservatoire no.6 bis in 1906.
{Lorée}
