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Oboe
Oboe made of stained boxwood, in three sections (top and middle body joints, and bell), with ivory ferrules and silver keywork. It has two keys (E-flat and C) mounted with brass pivots on raised rings, with flat, round-covers, and flat brass springs attached to keys. The E-flat key has a circular touch and spurs, and the C key has a swallow-tail touch. The third fingerhole is double, with a round cove. Two vent holes in bell flare. Conical bore. Nominal pitch: C.
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1795–1805 - Maker:
Goulding & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: GOULDING & Co / LONDON|Stamped on all other joints: GOULDING & Co
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Height: 565mm; Bell diameter: 64mm