Oboe. Nominal pitch: C

Technical description: Ivory with silver keys. There is a slender onion shaped baluster at the top of the instrument. The inward flange at the base of the bell is unusually small. The low C key has no fish tail, it has a straight touchpiece as do the two E? keys. There are two vent-holes in the bell. Keymount type: blocks, the upper one forming half a raised ring; SATB. Keyhead type: C key: flat, …