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Oboe. Nominal pitch: C.

Technical description: Dark stained boxwood with silver keys and three silver ferrules at the sockets and reed well, there is no bell ring. Sockets and reed well are all unlined. There is a small onion shaped baluster at the top of the instrument. All keys are levers except for the octave key and the rings. The axle for the rings is on the left of the instrument. There is an inward flange at the base of the bell. L0: 8. L1: T. L2: T. L3: TT. L4: G?; C; lowB; E?-dup. The C key is above the G? while the lowB and E?-dup keys are in the normal position below the G?. R0: no sup. R1: T; B?. R2: R. R3: R; F. R4: lowC; E?; C?. Keymount type: R4 keys are mounted on raised rings, other keys are on pillars. Keyhead type: flat, round.Technical description: Dark stained boxwood with silver keys and three silver ferrules at the sockets and reed well, there is no bell ring. Sockets and reed well are all unlined. There is a small onion shaped baluster at the top of the instrument. All keys are levers except for the octave key and the rings. The axle for the rings is on the left of the instrument. There is an inward flange at the base of the bell. L0: 8. L1: T. L2: T. L3: TT. L4: G♯; C; lowB; E♭-dup. The C key is above the G♯ while the lowB and E♭-dup keys are in the normal position below the G♯. R0: no sup. R1: T; B♭. R2: R. R3: R; F. R4: lowC; E♭; C♯. Keymount type: R4 keys are mounted on raised rings, other keys are on pillars. Keyhead type: flat, round.

  • Date:
    Circa 1840
  • Maker:
    Scott
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    London/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:568