Oboe, C
Maker
Martin Lot
Date1750 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all joints [stamp on bell is very worn]: M [star] LOT / [dolphin, facing to the left]Stamped on middle joint only: A PARIS
Markingsnone
DescriptionBoxwood with ivory mounts and two silver keys.
Martin Lot came from one of the most important families of French woodwind instrument makers, and is known to have worked in the Naust shop owned and operated by his older brother, Thomas Lot III.
DimensionsLength: 603 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesRizzello, Marcello. "Thoughts on the External Development of the Oboe in France from 1650 to 1810." _Philomusica on-line_ 22, no. 2 (2023): 97.
Adkins, Cecil. "Proportions and Architectural Motives in the Design of the Eighteenth-Century Oboe." _Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society_ 25 (1999): 114.
Young, Phillip T. _4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections_. London: Tony Bingham, 1993. (p. 148)
Larson, André P. _Amadeus: His Music and the Instruments of Eighteenth-century Vienna, exhibition catalog, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, February 4 - March 2, 1990_. Vermillion: Shrine to Music Museum, 1990. (p.15)
"1988 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society XVIII, no. 1 (February 1989), p. 8.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1988
Object number04546
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