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Oboe
Guillaume Triébert (1770–1848)
about 1830
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, ivory, brass
Dimensions
Length 56.7 cm (22 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number1998.1
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionBody of boxwood in three sections with ivory rings. Ten cupped brass keys (b, c', c-sharp', e-flat', f', f-sharp', g-sharp', b-flat', c'', octave key) mounted on posts with foot plates. Third and fourth finger-holes doubled. Brass thumbrest.
InscriptionsStamped on all sections: [castle with three crenelations] / TRIEBERT / A PARIS
Provenance1998, sold by Jean Michel Renard, Bellenaves, France, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 1998)
Etude No. 1 from the Complete Method for the Oboe, 1850
Composed by Apollon Marie-Rose Barret
Performed by Stephen Hammer