$2,000.
(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.
$2,000.
(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.
