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Oboe.
Technical description: Built in two sections only with division below R3 hole, however the sections do not separate and the instrument is effectively in one piece. Cocus with german silver keys and ferrules at the sockets and bell ring. Reed well and sockets are lined with german silver. Simple octave keys.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: Boehm system.; Keyhead type: modern.; Keymount type: pillars.; ; ;
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Buffet Crampon. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Paris. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on upper section with lyre above an ellipse containing "BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS" and below monogram interlocking BC / "BREVETE / S.G.D.G."; on lower section with lyre above an ellipse containing "BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS" and below monogram interlocking BC; no trace of a serial number on back near joint.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 543.; Sounding length: ; Bore: at narrowest point 5.65.Depth of reed well: 16.5.Diameter of reed well: 7.05.