Oboe. Nominal pitch: C.

Technical description: Blackwood with german silver keys, bell rim and ferrules at sockets and reed well. Sockets and reed well are all unlined. A varnish has been applied to the surface of the wood which has rubbed away in places. There is a small onion-shaped baluster at the top of the instrument. All the keys are levers pivoted on small axles. These are fixed with rods with no screw. The octave key cup is at the front of the instrument with the key circling the bore with a double hinge mechanism. The lowBkey is attached to the middle section, the touchpiece folds down when the joints are separated; this arrangement means the long lever of the key must pass under the thumb rest which is mounted away from the body of the instrument. The C♯key fits into a depression in the Ckey so that depressing the C♯ closes the lowC, both keys have a roller to facilitate movement between the notes. The link of the lowBkey between the middle sections and the bell is by means of a deep fork connecting at right-angles. There is no inward flange at the base of the bell. L0: 8; B♭-dup; G♯-alt; lowB. 8 is in the normal position above the rest position, B♭-dup and G♯-alt are right of thumb rest position, lowB below. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T; Ctr. L4: G♯; lowB; E♭ -dup; f-dup. R0: sup. R1: T; B♭; Dtr. R2: T. R3: T; F. R4: lowC; F♯; C♯; E♭. Keymount type: pillars. Keyhead type: cups.