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Oboe. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood with brass keys. There are four ivory ferrules at the sockets, reed well and bell. There is an onion shaped baluster at the top of the instrument. R1 is a single hole. Despite there being no third key the C key has a fish tail touchpiece. There are two vent-holes in the bell. There is an inward flange at the base of the bell. Keymount type: raised rings; SATB. Keyhead type: flat, square, with truncated corners.
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Circa 1750 - Maker:
Tölcke - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Brunswick - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:570
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15529