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Oboe, C

Oboe, C

Date: 1900-1925 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsScratched on bell: #1 [and] K/I
Indecipherable marks under G♯ rod and low B rod
DescriptionGrenadilla (or rosewood?) body in three sections. Keywork in nickel silver based on Triébert’s système 4 of ca. 1843. 13 keys (counting the touchpieces) and three ring keys. This unsigned instrument was probably made in France.
DimensionsLength: 550 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, A Catalog of the Double Reed Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1968, p. 88, Plate XIII B.
Object number: 04972