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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
2616
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CN/NP ?> Common name / Nominal Pitch
Oboe in C
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TS ?> Type or system
14 keys
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MK ?> Maker
Ponfoort, Joseph
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
J.PONFOORT / GAND / 1855 – on all 3 parts.
- PL ?> Place of origin Ghent (Gent)
- DM ?> Date of making 1855
- MATERIALS Probably boxwood with brass ferrules and keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 549mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 228mm + 19mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 192mm + 20mm
- B length 128mm
- Acoustic Length 317mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore c.4.0mm
- Reed well diameter 6.7mm
- Reed or crook well depth (if cylindrical) 16.8mm
- Bore at end of TJ 8.2mm
- Bore at top of MJ 10.4mm
- Bore at end of MJ 14.3mm
- Bore at top of B 15mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Brass keys, ferrules, thumb rest and reed cylinder.
Keyheads with round lipped flaps type Heyde-181/4, all mounted on axles and pillars.
On TJ: 2 octave keys, C# trill-key for L3, C and Bb for R1, G#;
On MJ: F# for R4, cross-F, C-C#-Eb with particular design, left Eb and low B with long levers for L4, low B-key on bell.
3rd hole doubled with finger cove.
SATK (springs attached to the key).
Bell with inner rim. No vent-holes.
Metal lining: reed cylinder, joint and bell ends.
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FL ?> Faults
Fair condition. Wood body slightly worn and scratched. Huge crack in bell. Some keys bent, some pads missing.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Pitch hard to determine due to condition of the instrument. With some ‘instant repair’ a few notes could be produced pointing towards A = c.438–440Hz with reed TL 68.9mm / staple 42mm / 7.7mm.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Snoeck
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FM ?> Further information on maker
Mentioned in Closson (1935) p.74.
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol.IV pp.360–1.
- Comparable instruments
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Remarks
Boxwood according to Mahillon (R1978) Vol.IV pp.360–1.
Curiously the bell has an inner rim. The Ponfoort oboe MIM 2615, (dated 1852, so before this oboe) does not have one.
{Ponfoort}
