Oboe, C
Maker
Barnaba Grassi
Date1760-1802 ca.
Place MadeMilan, Italy, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedOn all three sections, with both N's reversed: GRASSI / IN MILANMarkingsnone
DescriptionBoxwood oboe with two brass keys. The profile of this transitional instrument has features that are typical of both Pre-Classical and Classical-era oboes. Two resonance holes in bell. Lowest note: C.
DimensionsLength: 549 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1948 from Alec Hodsdon, Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, A Catalog of the Double Reed Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1968, No. 18.
Phillip T. Young, 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 92.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01314
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1625-1675 ca.