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{The Brussels Musical Instruments Museum Oboe Collection}
Stefaan Verdegem - Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
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IND ?> Inv. number
2611
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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
Steenbergen, Jan
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IN ?> Mark, inscriptions
I:STEENBERGEN (in scroll) / (fleur-de-lis) – on all 3 parts.
- PL ?> Place of origin Amsterdam
- DM ?> Date of making 1st half of the 18th century.
- MATERIALS Boxwood with brass keys.
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MEASUREMENTS
Measurements courtesy of Jan Bouterse (2005).
- full_measurements1
- Body Length 565mm
- TJ length (body + tenon) 212mm + 25mm
- MJ length (body +tenon) 210mm + 24mm (tenon not cut off straight).
- B length 142mm
- Acoustic Length 329mm
- BORE
- Minimal bore 5.6mm
- Reed well diameter 8.4mm
- Bore at end of TJ 11.4mm
- Bore at top of MJ 11.4mm
- Bore at end of MJ 17.0mm
- Bore at top of B 21.0mm
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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
3 brass keys, square flat flaps with 'indentation' type Young-D for Eb-keys; round flat flap type Young-Y for C-key.
Raised key rings circular.
SATB (springs attached to the body).
3rd and 4th hole doubled with finger cove.
Bell with 2 vent-holes and (hardly any) inner rim.
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FL ?> Faults
Excellent condition.
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UP ?> Usable Pitch
A = c.415Hz with reed TL 84.5mm / staple 61mm ø 4.7mm / 9,5mm.
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PC ?> Performance Characteristics
Sound nasal and thin; no good response.
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PO ?> Previous Ownership
Ex-Snoeck
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FM ?> Further information on maker
Bouterse (2005) Cd-rom pp. 89–90, pp.215–6 (on Mark) and pp.509–12.
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SR ?> Specific literature Reference
Mahillon (R1978) Vol.IV p.359.
Haynes (2001) p.468, listing rudimentary measurements.
Listed in Young (1993) p.223.
Bouterse (2005) Cd-rom App.C Steenbergen.14.pdf.
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IR ?> Illustration reference
Bouterse (2005) Cd-rom photos-file: 21 pictures, found under ‘Steenbergen no-14’.
- GL ?> General literature (about this type of instrument)
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Comparable instruments
Brussels: MIM Steenbergen oboes 0967 and 0968.
Amsterdam: De Vries Collection (1999) p.11, Steenbergen oboe.
The Hague: Gemeentemuseum Collection, oboes Ea3-x-1952 and Ea7-1952. See Van Acht, Bouterse & Dhont (1997) pp.212–21 for pictures, drawings and full measurements.
See also Bouterse (2005) Cd-rom pp.160–1.
- Remarks
{Steenbergen}
