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Title

Oboe

Subject

von Hornbostel-Sachs Classification 422.112.2: aerophone--single conical-bore reedpipe with double (or quadruple) reed: the pipe has a reed (usually a flattened stem) of paired lamellae which periodically open and close, controlling the flow of air; with fingerholes.

Description

The modern oboe is an end-blown, conical-bore, double-reed, aerophone developed in Europe but that is today found distributed throughout the world wherever Western cosmopolitanism has taken root. The oboe is a standard instrument in the symphony orchestra, military/marching/concert band and wind ensemble, and in chamber music.

Courses: COCO 20, MUS 17.04, ENGS 17.04

Relation

Components	Mass	Materials	Processes
Tube	g	Grenadilla (Other African Blackwoods)	Turning/Boring/Parting
Base	g	Nickel Silver (Nickel, Silver)	Investment Casting Grinding and mechanical polishing Soldering Punching/Perforating/Planking/Nibbling
Reeds	g	Reed	Planing/Shaping/Slotting
Reeds	g	Brass

Format

Component 1: Tube

Material 1: Grenadilla

Component 2: Keys

Material 2: Nickel Silver

Alternative material 2: Nickel

Alternative material 2.1: Silver

Component 3: Reed

Material 3: Reed (arundo donax)|Brass

Rights

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Identifier

Record number: 3259