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Austrian,
18th century
Martin Lempp
Vienna
,
ca. 1780
Classification: Aerophone
Credit Line: Gift of William Lincoln Christie
Accession Number: 3413.1980
Department: Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Description
Oboe of boxwood, in three sections comprising upper joint, lower joint, and bell. Six fingerholes, the third and fourth of which are double. Two octagonal brass keys with leather pads. The C key is swallow-tailed. The bell has two vent holes. The baluster of the upper joint is onion-shaped. Conical bore. Bell has internal flange. No decorative rings.
Inscriptions
Stamped on the upper joint: "LEMPP / WIENN / (scroll) / (two five-pointed stars)"; stamped on the lower joint: "LEMPP"; stamped around the maker's stamp: "(three eight-pointed stars)"; stamped on the bell within a scroll: "(crown and faint traces of an eagle) / LEMPP / WIENN".
Dimensions
Overall length: 560 mm. Length of vibrating air column (less reed): 560 mm. Length of joints: Upper 209 mm, Lower 206 mm, Bell 145 mm. Diameter of bores: Upper joint 7.4 mm, Lower joint 11.1 mm, Bell 20.7 mm
Oboe
Photo credit: Alex Contreras
Description
Oboe of boxwood, in three sections comprising upper joint, lower joint, and bell. Six fingerholes, the third and fourth of which are double. Two octagonal brass keys with leather pads. The C key is swallow-tailed. The bell has two vent holes. The baluster of the upper joint is onion-shaped. Conical bore. Bell has internal flange. No decorative rings.
Inscriptions
Stamped on the upper joint: "LEMPP / WIENN / (scroll) / (two five-pointed stars)"; stamped on the lower joint: "LEMPP"; stamped around the maker's stamp: "(three eight-pointed stars)"; stamped on the bell within a scroll: "(crown and faint traces of an eagle) / LEMPP / WIENN".
Dimensions
Overall length: 560 mm. Length of vibrating air column (less reed): 560 mm. Length of joints: Upper 209 mm, Lower 206 mm, Bell 145 mm. Diameter of bores: Upper joint 7.4 mm, Lower joint 11.1 mm, Bell 20.7 mm
Austrian,
18th century
Martin Lempp
Vienna
,
ca. 1780
Classification: Aerophone
Credit Line: Gift of William Lincoln Christie
Accession Number: 3413.1980
Department: Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Description
Oboe of boxwood, in three sections comprising upper joint, lower joint, and bell. Six fingerholes, the third and fourth of which are double. Two octagonal brass keys with leather pads. The C key is swallow-tailed. The bell has two vent holes. The baluster of the upper joint is onion-shaped. Conical bore. Bell has internal flange. No decorative rings.
Inscriptions
Stamped on the upper joint: "LEMPP / WIENN / (scroll) / (two five-pointed stars)"; stamped on the lower joint: "LEMPP"; stamped around the maker's stamp: "(three eight-pointed stars)"; stamped on the bell within a scroll: "(crown and faint traces of an eagle) / LEMPP / WIENN".
Dimensions
Overall length: 560 mm. Length of vibrating air column (less reed): 560 mm. Length of joints: Upper 209 mm, Lower 206 mm, Bell 145 mm. Diameter of bores: Upper joint 7.4 mm, Lower joint 11.1 mm, Bell 20.7 mm
