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Description: | Oboe, dark stained boxwood, without mounts. Three keys (swallow-tail C and duplicated D sharp), flat flaps, one round and two ornately square, brass, mounted in turned rings. Twin holes for third and fourth fingers. Body turned with an undulating surface. Socket of staple formed as base of a pirouette. Sounding length (length overall) is 58.2 cm. Stamped: H. Richters (Trefoil mark); D. Borkens (Lion and crown marks).
The oboe was derived from the shawm, a strident double reed instrument that was often played outdoors. While the shawm player has little control of the reed, the oboe is designed to enable the player tohold the reed firmly between the lips, allowing both pitch and tone to be regulated.
caption: General view of object no. 14.5.47/210. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | oboes 422.112 (Single) reedpipes with double (or quadruple) reeds with conical bore wood metal | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12620 | Go to resource |
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