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Technical description: Constructed in three sections, the upper and middle sections separating between holes III and IV. The upper sections are in a black wood, possibly African blackwood, the widely flared bell is in a stained lighter wood, possibly boxwood. There are two wide ivory rings at the bell socket (width c13mm) and at the reed well (width c20mm). There are four pewter ferrules in a dog-tooth form, one at the middle socket, one at each of the tenons and one forming a bell ring. There are also six pewter bands in a dog-tooth form, four on the turning around the reed well and two on raised rings between hole VI and the large vent-hole. There are six finger holes, none is displaced sideways. There is a large vent-hole at the bottom of the middle section.
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Circa 1890 - Maker:
Possibly Jean-Pierre Jacob - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Brittany, probably Keryado-Lorient - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:360
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15537