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Oboe d'amore (reproduction)
Oboe d'amore (reproduction)
Oboe d'amore (reproduction)

Oboe d'amore (reproduction)

Date2017
Place MadeDecatur, Georgia, U.S.A.
Serial No.530
SignedStamped on all three joints: [star] / H. VAS DIAS
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA three-keyed oboe d'amore in fruitwood copied from NMM 4075 by Johann Wolfgang Kenigsperger, who worked in Roding, which is near Regensburg in Bavaria. Bulb-shaped bell. Pitched a minor third below the regular oboe, this instrument was particularly popular during the late Baroque era in Germany, where it was known as the hautbois d'amour. The instrument had a strong association with Leipzig, and Bach, Telemann, Graupner, and others wrote music scored for it.
DimensionsMeasurements exclude tenons and bocal.
Overall length: 619 mm
Overall length of upper joint, except tenon: 247 mm
Widest diameter of bell bulb: 581 mm
Diameter of opening, lower end of bell: 24.9 mm
Overall length of RH E-flat: 462 mm
Overall length of LH E-flat: 462 mm

Credit LineGift of Harry Vas Dias, 2018
Object number15064
On View
On view
Oboe d’amore, A
Johann Wolfgang Königsberger
1730 ca.
Tenor oboe, F
Johann Wolfgang Königsberger
1725 ca.
Alexandre & Fils
1844-1855 ca.
Baritone oboe, C
Charles Bizey
1749-1758 ca.
Violin
Jackson-Guldan Violin Company
1940-1955 ca.
Bassoon, C
Jean Nicolas Savary jeune
1823
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