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Description: | Oboe, boxwood, without mounts. Six brass keys, flat, ornately octagonal, mounted in turned rings and blocks. The keys give downward compass to C sharp, C, B, B flat and provide an octave key for left first finger. Twin holes for third and fourth fingers. No tuning holes. Bulb bell. Sounding length (overall length) is 60.5 cm. Stamped: J. Power London (star mark).
The key work on three keyed oboes was designed to allow the player to choose whether to hold the instrument with the right or left hand uppermost.
caption: General view of object no. 14.5.47/204. | 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 leather | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12622 | Go to resource |
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