Description
| Brand: | Triebert a Paris | MPN: | Does Not Apply |
| Model: | Pastoral Oboe | Country/Region of Manufacture: | France |
| UPC: | Does not apply |
Unique French Pastoral (Piccolo) oboe by Triebert a Paris - complete overhauled. The pads are new. Excellent playing condition. Free of cracks on the wood or previous repair. All original. Key -F, two parts construction, made of palisander wood, 12 German-Silver keys, pitched at 440Hz, all length-33cm. Extremely rare collectors oboe - one of a kind. The oboe is built in two section with separate bell, the bell socket is unlined. The low B key and Bb and C keys are levers, all other keys are axies. Key mount type-pillars. Keyhead type - salt spoon. The pastoral oboe was introduced by Triébert in the 1850s as small instrument pitched a 4th, 5th or minor 6th higher than the ordinary oboe, but with the same mechanism and fingering. The makers intended it to provide a colourful voice for the military band (the ordinary oboe being hardly able to compete with the heavier band instrumentation then developing) and as a dance band and amateur instrument (to provide a bright, catchy sound for bucolic 'characteristic' numbers). However, bandmasters preferred instead the soprano saxophone and amateurs, when they used any such instrument, appear to have been content with the simpler and cheaper musette. Hence very few pastoral oboes were made; as with the musette, the fact that they are small and well-made has led to their becoming over-represented in collections. However, although their initial launch as a new product failed to generate a viable market, the design concept may well have been well executed: a re-appraisal of their musical potential could lead to interesting conclusions. Made in France - ca.1860-1880. Without hard case. Payment by Pay Pal. FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. |
