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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
2605
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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
Reich, B.
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
BR (monogram) / ⋅ REICH ⋅ / (eagle) – on all 3 parts;
Eagle on TJ hardly visible.
- PL ?> Place of origin Germany
- DM ?> Date of making Probably 1st half of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with 1 ivory mount, brass keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 587mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 217mm + 25mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 215mm + 31mm
- B length 155mm
- Acoustic Length 333mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 6.6mm
- Reed well diameter 8.1mm
- Bore at end of TJ 11.5mm
- Bore at top of MJ 12.2mm
- Bore at end of MJ 17.5mm
- Bore at top of B 21.0mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Brass keys with round flat flaps, type Young-S for C-key; type Heyde-179/1 for Eb-keys, the keyhead being the mirror of its touch.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
Raised key rings circular.
3rd and 4th hole doubled with finger cove.
Bell with 2 vent-holes and inner rim.
Particular bell ‘staining’.
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FL ?> Faults
Good condition. 2 long cracks in bell. Ivory mount loose.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A=c.405Hz with reed TL 84.5mm / staple 61mm ø 4.7mm / tip width 9.5mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Very nice sound, a little bright, easy emission.
Quite even intonation, easy high register.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Snoeck
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol.IV p.358.
- GL ?> General literature (about this type of instrument)
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Remarks
The ivory mount is in an unusable place, being above the MJ tenon. This might either be a repair (although no visible cracks could be found on MJ end), either an addition or a solution for a turnery mistake.
It is not clear whether the bell is stained in ‘tortoiseshell imitation’, and why only the bell. Compare with the Beuker oboe from The Hague Gemeentemuseum. See Van Acht, Bouterse & Dhont (1997) p.76 for this. According to Marcel Ponseele this pattern is rather the result of a failed coloration process.
This does not seem to be a compilation instrument.
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