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Oboe, C

Date1780-1810 ca.

Place MadeOxford, England, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on top, middle and bell joints: P - HATTONMarkingsnoneDescriptionA boxwood oboe with two silver keys for low C and E-flate. At one point -- originally, or later in time -- this instrument had four keys: there is evidence that an F key and a B-flat key, with their block mounts, were removed, and the areas around the tone holes patched with wood shaped to match the outer profile of the body.
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. 19.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number02504

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