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Oboe, C

Date1698-1717 ca.
Place MadeAmsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all 3 joints: [deer] / AARDENBERG / [three fleurs-de-lis]
Note: The crossbar of the first A is replaced by a small v whose arms project slightly beyond the A.
DescriptionA three-keyed oboe in stained boxwood. Abraham van Aardenberg apprenticed with Richard Haka, the founder of a school of woodwind instrument makers that also included Coenraad Rijkel and Jan Steenberg. The elegance and immaculate workmanship of Van Aardenberg's instruments are evidence of his considerable skills as a wood turner.
DimensionsLength: 577 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesJan Bouterse, Dutch Woodwind Instruments and their Makers, 1660-1760 (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2005). Includes comprehensive study of extant van Aardenberg instruments, including the NMM's example (see p. 129).

Phillip T. Young, 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: an Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections, London: Tony Bingham, 1993, p. 3.
Credit LineArne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1986
Object number04074
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Oboe, C
Jan Steenbergen
1725 ca.
Velt-Schalmey
Richard Haka
1690 ca.
Alto recorder, F
Abraham van Aardenberg
1698-1717 ca.
Soprano recorder, C
Richard Haka
1685 ca.
Harpsichord
Gommaar van Everbroeck
1659
Alto recorder, F
Jan Juriaensz van Heerde
1670 ca.
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