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Author: kevint
Date: 2014-07-02 10:36
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Dear oboists,
I just joined this list, in hopes that some of you could help me identify an oboe that I recently purchased here in Germany. There is no visible maker's stamp nor serial #, but it looks like a German instrument, perhaps 100 or so years old. The keywork is unlike anything I've seen in my limited experience with old oboes: automatic register mechanism; upper-joint side keys for Bb and C (as in some 19th-c. oboes); but also a 3rd side key (seems to play C#), and a LH thumb key for Bb. The lower joint has roller keys for C and C#, with the Eb set off to the side. The low Bb hole is on the lower joint, not the bell. Is this a Markneukirchen product, by any chance? Any clues you could supply would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
Kevin

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