Grand oboe

Unknown

ca. 1650 · Boxwood, brass · Musical Instruments

This instrument is a unique example of a transitional stage in the development of the oboe. It is probably identical with the grand hoboy à une clef that is mentioned in a source of 1650 in which it is pictured. It was pitched like the later oboe d’amore in b-natural and had a key for a, but not yet twinned finger holes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1650

Medium

Boxwood, brass

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1995