Oboe. Nominal pitch: C.

Boosey & Co

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Instrument

Oboe

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Boosey & Co

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

01 May 1923

Description

Technical description: Ebonite with german silver keys. Reed well and sockets lined with german silver. There is no bell ring. Simple octave keys. The R2 plate is independent of the R3 ring although both close the brille and both are on the same axle. Depressing the low C key lowers the R2 plate and R3 ring and closes the brille. L0: @I{TP; 8.1. L1: @I{PP; 8.2. L2: @I{R. L3: @I{T; Dtr. L4: @I{G♯; low B; low B♭; E♭-alt. R1: @I{T; TP-alt. R2: @I{PP. R3: @I{R; F. R4: @I{low C; C♯; E♭.Open standing forked F vent.

Notes

S. Milton, 1993.

Measurements

580

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2705