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Oboe
Oboe. Nominal pitch: C. Rosewood with nickel silver keywork and ferrules. Three joints. Simple system fingering with brille and low B-flat key. No half-hole plate. Keys pillar mounted with fish skin pads. Cork faced thumb rest and tenons. Long bell with shanks connecting bell keys to lower joint touch pieces. Upper joint and bell are stamped: TRIEBERT/A PARIS; with a castle emblem directly above each inscription.
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1825-1875 - 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:copper alloy, fish skin, steel, cork, nickel silver, rosewood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 23.0315 x 2.1654 x 2.1654 in.; 585 x 55 x 55 mm