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Cor anglais. Nominal pitch: F.
Technical description: Rosewood with german silver keys and ferrules. The crook well is lined with german silver. In common with most German instruments of this period, most of the keys on this instrument are levers; the only axles are attached to the first octave key, to the rings and plates and to the R4 keys. The long L4 keys have the E♭-alt outside, the F-alt inside and the lowB below and between the other two. There is no connection between the lowC key and the right-hand touches or the brille mechanism. L0: 8; B♭-alt. L1: PP. L2: T. L3: PL; C♯tr. L4: G♯; E♭-alt; F-alt; lowB. R0: sup (also ring). R1: PL; B♭; C. R2: R. R3: PL; F. R4: lowC; C♯; E♭.open standing forked F vent.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Moennig, O. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Leipzig/Saxony/Germany - 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:795 - a tuning slide extends this measurement by up to 2.5.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17239