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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
4360
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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 2 ivory mounts, brass keys.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Body Length 592mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 219mm + 25mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 217mm + 27mm
- B length 156mm
- Acoustic Length 333mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 5.8mm
- Reed well diameter 8.3mm
- Bore at end of TJ 11.1mm
- Bore at top of MJ 11.3mm
- Bore at end of MJ 15.5mm
- Bore at top of B 19.0mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 brass keys, 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
Good condition. Few small hairline cracks in top finial. One crack in bell.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
Best result obtained was A = c.403–405Hz with reed TL 80mm / staple 58mm / tip width 9.2mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Poor intonation – no good reed solution found. Nice sound though.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Unknown
- FM ?> Further information on maker
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Ottenbourgs (1989) pp.560–3.
Haynes (2001) p.467, listing rudimentary measurements, and p.88, as an example of type-E oboe.
Listed in Young (1993) p.194.
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IR ?> Illustration reference
Ottenbourgs (1989) p.561 (picture).
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Comparable instruments
Brussels MIM oboes 0965, 0966, 2608, 2609, 2610 (G.A.), 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.
Bell inside shows regular traces of longitudinal gouge scraping or hand reaming.
{Rottenburgh}
