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Oboe

Oboe. Nominal pitch: B-flat. Rosewood body with polish coating. Nickel silver keywork, reed receiver and ferrules. Three joints. Tenon on upper joint wrapped with paper. Keys have circular flat flaps and leather/cork pads. Conservatoire system fingering with brille key converted to simple side-keys of C and B flat, the rings being disconnected. Upper joint stamped: BREVETE/TRIEBERT/A PARIS/BARRET/A LONDRES; Lower joint stamped: BREVETE/TRIEBERT/A PARIS; Bell stamped: BARRET/A LONDRES/BREVETE/TRIEBERT/A PARIS; Each inscription incorporates a castle motif beneath the word BREVETE.

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  • Materials:varnish, paper, cork, leather, steel, nickel silver, rosewood
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Measurements:overall: 26.063 x 2.1654 x 2.1654 in.; 662 x 55 x 55 mm