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Baritone oboe, bass oboe. Nominal pitch: C. Rosewood with silver keywork and ferrules. Four joints: upper joint, lower joint, butt joint and bell. Rising bulbous bell offset to the left by butt joint. Crook missing. Keys have leather pads. Barret's combined thumb-plate and conservatoire system, semi-automatic octave keys. String lapped tenons. Upper joint stamped: 'BREVETE/TRIEBERT/A. PARIS/BARRET/A. LONDRES'. lower joint stamped: 'BREVETE/TRIEBERT/ A. PARIS'. butt and bell stamped: 'TRIEBERT/A. PARIS'. all inscriptions incorporate castle motif. Butt and bell inscriptions highlighted in gold paint. Paper label adhered to bell has in D. J. Blaikley's hand: '81. BARITONE OBOE/ROSEWOOD./15. S.K. & 4.RINGS/VERY FEW MADE./MODERN'.
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circa 1870 - Maker:
Triébert [Family] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Materials:plating, ink, paper, cork, leather, steel, German silver, copper alloy, rosewood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 742 x 95 x 95 mm