Oboe, C
Maker
Jacob Denner
Date1725 ca.
Place MadeNuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all three joints: I • DENNER (in scroll with rolled up ends) / I [fir tree] DMarkingsStamped on bell with remnants of red sealing wax: 1754 / H I (all within elaborate floral scrolls in shape of vase)
DescriptionA three-keyed oboe in pearwood by Jacob Denner. Jacob was the son of Johann Christoph Denner, who in the waning years of the 17th century was the first in Germany to make the new French-style woodwind instruments. The Denner family remained highly influential woodwind instrument makers throughout the first half of the 18th century. This instrument has an elaborately carved bell, stamped with the year 1754 and the initials H.I., which were probably the monogram of the instrument's owner.
DimensionsLength: 574 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 2009 from Tony Bingham, London, England. Previously owned by Willi Berger, Zurich, Switzerland.
Published ReferencesPhillip T. Young, 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 57.
Credit LineTony and Bonnie Vinatieri Family Trust, 2009
Object number14393
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