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Oboe

Oboe of ebony, with 12 silver keys, silver ferrules and bell ring, bulb top. With silver thumbrest straddling one of the keys. Silver bushed vent in the bell.

  • Date:
    c.1828
  • Maker:
    Stephan Koch [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
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  • Place of production:
    Austria, Vienna
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  • Materials:Ebony;Wood;Plant;Silver;Metal
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  • Inscriptions:[emblem] S. KOCH WIEN [on all joints]
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  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 545 mm Max Diam [bell] = 61 mm