{Hanken}

Brass keys, ferrules, and thumb rest.

Round dome keyheads type Heyde -181/1, except for octave key with round flat keyhead. Keys have leather pads.

Instrument incorporating different styles and techniques: exterior in German romantic style with onion and mouldings.

Various keymount styles: woodblocks, saddles, short axles and pillars, long axle for ‘Brille’, long levers and raised key rings.

On TJ:  Schleifklappe (slur-key or octave key), C for L3, Bb and C# or D trill key for R1, G#;

On MJ: F# vent and cross-F on one axle with ‘Brille’, left F and Eb for L4 both with separate key-hole, C-C#-Eb, low B lever for L4, key on bell.

Octave key receiver through bore.

SATK (springs attached to the keys).

Milled out tone-holes with countersunk edge.

3rd hole doubled with finger cove.

Bell with no vent-holes and hardly any inner rim.

Raised key rings circular.

Metal lining: TJ finial, on MJ top, bell top and end.

Very Good condition. Some little chips missing of TJ. Some pads missing. No visible cracks.

Pitch could not be established.

Instrument could not be evaluated because too many pads are missing. ‘Instant repair’ did not give much improvement.

Jansen (1978) Vol.1 pp.388–390.

Mahillon (R1978) Vol.V p.90.

German style oboe, possibly made after 1850, given the ring keys.

According to Waterhouse (1993) and Jansen (1978) the Hanken family consisted of several members. Given the style of this oboe, being rather middle of the 19th century, Gerhard II Hanken could possibly be the maker, or his son Gerhard Johann Friedrich Hanken, who was sent to Weimar by his father, to study instrument making.

Possibly ironwood according to Charles Indekeu. Rosewood according to Mahillon (R1978) Vol. V p. 90, and Marcel Ponseele.