BAROQUE OBOES a = 440hz

Each instrument comes with one reed, one staple, a cleaning swab, a fingering chart, care instructions and soft case. Prices in US dollars.

J.M. Anciuti Oboe
$2,100.
(Italian, dated 1721)

Anciuti, who worked in Milan, was an important oboe maker from this period. High pitched wind instruments were common there, sometimes playing at pitch, and sometimes transposing down a tone to play with low-pitched string ensembles. Many of Handel’s early Italian oboe parts were written with this kind of transposition in mind.

Three keys, 3rd & 4th holes double.

 

J.C. Denner Oboe
$2,100.
(German, circa 1700)

This is another high-pitch instrument, the original of which is now in Venice, Italy. It is similar to the Anciuti, but with lighter, less prominent exterior turnings

Two keys, 3rd & 4th holes doubled.

J.C. Denner Taille de Hautbois
$2,600.
(German, circa 1700)

This is a smaller version of the Denner taille listed above at a=415hz. Pitched in F at a=440hz, it can also be used as an instrument in G at a =392hz.

Two keys, 3rd & 4th holes doubled.