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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
2609
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
3 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Rottenburgh, I.H.
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
I⋅H⋅ / ROTTENBURGH / (six-point star) – on all 3 parts.
- PL ?> Place of origin Brussels
- DM ?> Date of making Middle of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with ivory mounts, silver keys.
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MEASUREMENTS
Full measurements courtesy Marcel Ponseele, drawings by Johannes Fankhauser.
- full_measurements1
- Body Length 593mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 218.8mm + 25.7mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 216.9mm + 28.6mm
- B length 157.5mm
- Acoustic Length 333.3mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore c. 6.0mm
- Reed well diameter 8.4mm
- Bore at end of TJ 11.4mm
- Bore at top of MJ 11.6mm
- Bore at end of MJ 16.1mm
- Bore at top of B 19.6mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 silver keys; 2 Eb-keys with square flat flaps, type Young-A; C-key with round flat flap, type Young-S.
Raised key rings circular.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
3rd hole doubled with finger cove.
Bell with 2 vent-holes and inner rim.
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FL ?> Faults
Instrument in excellent condition, pads on Eb-keys missing. C-key spring does not function.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c.405–8Hz with reed TL 78mm / staple 56mm / tip width 9mm and with reed TL 78mm / 2-part staple 59mm (27mm Chiarugi no.2 EH staple + 36.9mm ø 5mm + 3.3mm bottom staple) / tip width 9.5mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Very nice and warm sound. Instrument plays extraordinarily well. Very even intonation.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Snoeck
- FM ?> Further information on maker
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol.IV p.359.
Ottenbourgs (1989) pp.560–3.
Listed in Haynes (2001) p.88, as an example of type-E oboe.
Listed in Young (1993) p.194.
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Comparable instruments
Brussels MIM oboes 0965, 0966, 2608, 2610 (G.A.), 4360, 1984.024.
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Remarks
Haynes (2001) p.355 and p.446, presumes that Type-E hautboys signed I. H. Rottenburgh like this one, are made by the sons of Jean-Hyacinth Rottenburgh possibly after the latter’s retirement. The fact that the Rottenburghs change to French-style type-E hautboys could be an indication of the orientation of the factory, and probably its customers.
Very small inner rim in bell.
{Rottenburgh}
