Oboe. Nominal pitch: C.

Triébert

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Instrument

Oboe

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Triébert

Place Made

Paris ; Europe ; Western Europe ; France

Date Made

Circa 1840

Description

Technical description: Boxwood with german silver keys and three ivory ferrules at the sockets and bell. Reed well is lined with german silver the sockets are unlined. There is an onion shaped baluster at the top of the instrument. All keys are levers except for the R2 and R3 rings and the octave key. There is an inward flange at the base of the bell. System: Simple L0: 8. L1: PP. L2: T. L3: TT. L4: G♯; low B; E♭-dup. R0: sup. R1: T; B♭; C. R2: R. R3: R; F. R4: low C; C♯; E♭ Stamped on all three sections barbican trademark with three merlons / "TRIEBERT / A PARIS". With fitted case covered in artificial leather, with reeds. Usual pitch: A4 = 435 Hz Performance characteristics: Clear sound with good intonation. Some cross fingerings are possible and even preferable to the keyed notes.

Notes

S. Milton, 1993.

Measurements

561.

Provenance

Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

MIMEd ; C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection

Accession Number

0963