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Tenor oboe

"Of wood resembling cedar, in two joints, with a brass ferrule at the top end into which an angled brass crook is now soldered. Two round brass keys. The finger-holes of the upper joint are very much narrower than those of the lower joint, and many of the holes are bored at a slant upwards or downwards along the axis of the instrument". - Anthony Baines,Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments(London, 1998), p. 97.

  • Date:
    about 1710 to 1750 (Made)
  • Maker:
    Stanesby, Thomas junior [Person]
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:turned wood resembling cedar, brass ferrule and crook, two brass keys.
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  • Inscriptions:Stanesby Junior London
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 76.5 cm including brass crook