Oboe, C
Maker
Klenig
Date1725-1750 ca.
Place MadeGermany, Europe
SignedStamped on each joint; stamped upside down on the bell joint: KLENIG / [fleur-de-lis]MarkingsF scratched on inside of the bell
DescriptionAn all-ivory oboe with two silver keys.
By all accounts, little to nothing is known about Klenig, and very few instruments with this mark survive.
DimensionsLength: 564 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Laurent Kaltenbach, Paris, France. Formerly in the collection of Charles Petit (died ca. WWII) in Blois, France (Loire valley Between Orleans and Tours). Previously thought to have been in the de Bricqueville Collection (Versailles). Bought by Kaltenbach from Petit’s descendants, the Leroux family.
Published ReferencesPhillip T. Young, 2500 Historical Woodwind Instruments: an Inventory of the Major Collections, New York: Pendragon Press, 1982, pp. 72.
Phillip T. Young, The Look of Music: Rare Musical Instruments, 1500-1900, University of Washington Press, 1980, p. 96.
Phillip T. Young, 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: an Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections, London: Tony Bingham, 1993, pp. 134.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1985
Object number03741
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