Oboe. Nominal pitch C

Thibouville-Lamy

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Instrument

Oboe

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Thibouville-Lamy

Place Made

Paris ; Europe ; Western Europe ; France

Date Made

Circa 1870

Description

Technical description: African blackwood with german silver keys. Also the two ferrules at the sockets the ring on the bell and the lining of the reed well are in german silver. The sockets are unlined. Simple octave keys. All keys are levers except the R2 and R3 rings, both octave keys, the G♯ key and the pierced plate mechanism which is on an axle above the L1 hole. System: Simple L0: 8.1 L1: PP; 8.2 L2: T L3: TT L4: G♯; E♭-alt; low B R0: sup. R1: T; B♭; C R2: R R3: R; F R4: low C; C♯; E♭ Keymount type: pillars, Keyhead type: cup Stamped on all three sections with lyre motif / "J.T.L"; additionally on bell section with "JÉRÔME / THIBOUVILLE-LAMY / 10 CHARTERHOUSE STREET E C / LONDON / MADE IN PARIS / Class / C" (the last two lines in script) Usuable pitch: Probably Old Philharmonic Pitch: A4 = 453 Hz Performance characterstics: The response is good with a modern reed although with doubtful intonation, this would probably be corrected using a smaller reed. The cross-fingerings for B♭ and C worked well as did the half-hole for G♯.

Notes

S. Milton, 11.8.09.

Measurements

527.

Provenance

Gift of Alisoun Morton, 2008.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

5786

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