Anonymous Oboe (“The Galpin”)
$2,000.
(French, late 17th century)
As a result of its low pitch, this oboe produces a dark, mellow sound. This is a good instrument for the music of French composers (especially Opera) as well as for the transposed oboe parts in some of Bach’s Weimar cantatas. Two keys, 3rd & 4th holes doubled.

J.C. Denner Taille de Hautbois
$2,400.
(German, circa 1700)
This is a tenor oboe in the key of F similar to the taille listed above at a=415hz, but patterned after a longer Denner original. Two keys, 3rd & 4th holes doubled.