Oboe d'amore (reproduction)
Maker
Harry Vas Dias
Date2017
Place MadeDecatur, Georgia, U.S.A.
Serial No.530
SignedStamped on all three joints: [star] / H. VAS DIASMarkingsNone
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
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