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Annotated Checklist of Oboes and Related
Instruments
Left: NMM 4075. Oboe d'amore by Johann Wolfgang
Koenigsberger, Roding,
Oberpfalz, Bavaria,
ca. 1730. Three keys. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Endowment
Fund, 1986. Right:
NMM 3741. Oboe by Klenig, Paris, ca. 1725-50. Ivory,
two silver keys. Board of
Trustees, 1985.
Specific Makers, Manufacturers, Dealers
NMM 4074. Oboe by Abraham van Aardenberg, Amsterdam, ca.
1698-1717.
Stamped on all three joints: [deer] / AARDENBERG (in a scroll) /
[two
trefoils, three fleurs-de-lis]. Stained boxwood. Three brass
keys. SATW.
Length 578 mm. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Endowment Fund, 1986.
Lit.: Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments:
An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony
Bingham, 1993), p. 3.
NMM 4547. Oboe by Hendrik Richters, Amsterdam, ca. 1720. Stamped on all
three joints: H. RICHTERS / [trefoil with stem curving to the
left]. Ebony, ivory ferrules and baluster turned on a rose lathe. Three engraved
silver keys. The C key lever is later, but the C key flap is original. SATW.
Length 569.5 mm. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Endowment Fund, 1989.
Lit.: "1989 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of
the American Musical Instrument Society XIX, no. 1 (February 1990), p. 12.
"Museum Makes Important Acquisitions Again in 1989," Shrine to Music Museum
Newsletter XVII, no. 2 (January 1990), p. 5.
Cecil Adkins, "Oboes Beyond Compare: The Instruments of Hendrik and Fredrik
Richters," Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society XVI
(1990), pp. 51, 79, 81, 88.
Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of
200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p.
187.
Cecil Adkins, "Proportions and Architectural Motives in the Design of the
Eighteenth-Century Oboe," Journal of the American Musical Instrument
Society 25 (1999), p. 113.
NMM 6089. Oboe by Jan Steenbergen, Amsterdam, ca. 1725. Stamped on all
three joints: I. STEENBERGEN (in a scroll) / [fleurs-de-lis].
Stained boxwood. Three brass keys. SATW. Length 571 mm. Ex
coll.:
Henk Bekker, Goes, The Netherlands. Purchase funds gift of Julie and
Chris Bauer, Yankton, South Dakota, 1997.
Lit.: David Schulenberg, Music of the Baroque (Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 269.
NMM 3741. Oboe
by
Klenig, Paris, ca. 1725-50. Stamped on all three
joints: KLENIG / [fleur-de-lis] (stamp is upside down on bell
joint). Ivory.
Two silver keys. SATI. Length 563.5 mm. Ex coll.: Eugene
de Bricqueville, Versailles; Charles Petit, Blois, France; Laurent
Kaltenbach, Paris. Board of Trustees, 1985.
Lit.: André P. Larson, The
National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 39.
Technical drawing made by Harry Vas Dias, August 1989.
Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of
200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p.
134.
William Waterhouse, The New Langwill Index (London: Tony Bingham,
1993), p. 206.
NMM 4240. Oboe by Johann Wilhelm Oberlender II, Imperial City
of Nuremberg, after 1735.
Stamped on all three joints: [tree] / I. W. OBERLENDER [in a
scroll] / C.
Stained fruitwood. Three brass keys. SATW. Length 574 mm. Ex coll.:
Baron Armand van Zuylen, Liege, Belgium. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson
Fund, 1988.
Lit.: Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind
Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections
(London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 171.
Technical drawing made by Harry Vas Dias, November 4, 2000.
NMM 4546. Oboe by Martin Lot, Paris, ca. 1750. Stamped on all three joints:
M * LOT / [dolphin]; stamped on middle joint: M * LOT /
[dolphin] / A PARIS. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Two silver keys. SATW. Length 603 mm. Board of
Trustees, 1988.
Lit.: "1988 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of
the American Musical Instrument Society XVIII, no. 1 (February 1989),
p. 8.
Technical drawing made by Harry Vas Dias, August 1989.
André P. Larson, Amadeus: His Music and the Instruments of
Eighteenth-century Vienna,
exhibition catalog, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, February
4 - March 2, 1990 (Vermillion: Shrine to Music Museum, 1990), p. 15.
Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of
200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p.
148.
Cecil Adkins, "Proportions and Architectural Motives in the Design of the
Eighteenth-Century Oboe," Journal of the American Musical Instrument
Society 25 (1999), p. 114.
NMM 5783. Oboe by Jeremias (possibly Christian) Schlegel, Basel, ca. 1750.
Stamped on all three joints: X / SCHLEGEL / A:BALE. Boxwood.
Three brass keys. SATK. Length 587 mm. Ex coll.: Dreyer Collection,
Lucerne. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1994.
Lit.: Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments:
An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony
Bingham, 1993), p. 213.
"1994 Acquisitions Include Rare Pianos, Harp, Woodwinds," The Shrine to
Music Museum Newsletter XXII, no. 2 (January 1995), p. 4.
NMM 5298. Oboe by Caleb Gedney, London, ca. 1755. Stamped on upper and
middle joints: CALEB / GEDNEY; stamped on bell: CALEB / GEDNEY
/ LONDON.
Stained boxwood. Brass ferrule. Straight top model. Two brass keys.
SATW. Length 590 mm. Purchase funds gift of LaVonne & Clifford E. Graese,
Windermere, Florida, 1992.
Lit.: "Many Important Instruments Acquired Again in 1992," The
Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter XX, no. 2 (January 1993), p. 2.
"1992 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of the American
Musical Instrument Society XXII, no. 1 (February 1993), p. 8.
Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of
200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993),
p. 85.
NMM 6026. Oboe by Oms, Barcelona, ca. 1770. Stamped on lower joint:
[splayed Y] / [fleurs-de-lis] / OMS EN / BARCELONA. Stamped on
upper joint:
[splayed Y] / [fleurs-de-lis] / OMS / 2. Stamped on bell:
[splayed Y] /
OMS / [fleurs-de-lis]. Boxwood. Two brass keys. SATW. Length
560 mm. Board of Trustees, 1996.
NMM 2686. Oboe by John Parker, London, ca. 1770-1815. Stamped on all three
joints: PARKER / LONDON. Stained boxwood, ivory
ferrules.
Straight
top model. Two brass keys. SATK. Length 578 mm. Board of Trustees, 1980.
NMM 2503. Oboe by Milhouse, Newark, England, ca. 1778-1832. Stamped on
upper and middle joints: MILHOUSE; stamped on bell: MILHOUSE /
NEWARK.
Stained boxwood. Straight top model. Two brass keys. SATW. Length 571
mm.
Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 3996. Oboe by Jakob Friedrich Grundmann, Dresden, 1784. Stamped on
upper joint: [Saxon swords] / GRUNDMANN / 2; stamped on middle
joint: [Saxon
swords] / GRUNDMANN; stamped on bell: [Saxon swords] / GRUNDMANN
/ DRESDEN /
1784. Boxwood, ivory ferrules. Originally a two-keyed
instrument; eight
silver keys added, probably early in the 19th century. SATK. Length 559 mm.
Ex coll.: Marco Tiella, Rovereto, Italy. Board of Trustees, 1986.
Lit.: Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments:
An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony
Bingham, 1993), p. 114.
André P. Larson, Beethoven: Musical Treasures from The Age of Revolution and Romance, with essays by John Eliot Gardner, William Meredith, and Gerhard Stradner, exhibition catalog, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, January 30-March 21, 1999 (Santa Ana: The Bowers Museum, 1999), p. 12.
André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), p. 42.
NMM 2504. Oboe by Paul Hatton, Oxford, ca. 1790-1795. Stamped on all
three joints: P-HATTON. Boxwood. Two silver keys. SATK. Length
549 mm.
Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.:
William Waterhouse, The New Langwill Index (London:
Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 164.
NMM 1314. Oboe by Barnaba Grassi, Milan, ca. 1797-1802. Stamped on all
three joints: GRASSI / IN MILAN. Boxwood. Two brass keys. SATW.
Length
547 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments:
An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony
Bingham, 1993), p. 92.
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16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
NMM 1317. Oboe distributed by Button & Purday, London, 1805-1808. Stamped
on
all three joints: BUTTON & PURDAY / LONDON [in scroll]. Boxwood.
Two brass
keys. SATK. Length 570 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Cecil Adkins, "Proportions and Architectural Motives in the Design of the
Eighteenth-Century Oboe," Journal of the American Musical Instrument
Society 25 (1999), pp. 118, 119-120.
NMM 2505. Oboe, Germany, ca. 1825. Cocus, ivory ferrules. Three
joints. Twelve brass keys plated with nickel-silver (German system). SATK.
Length 552 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 1319. Oboe by Garret, London, ca. 1826-1862. Stamped on bell:
[device]
GARRETT / LONDON / KING STREET / WHITEHALL. Stained boxwood, ivory
ferrules. Three joints. Eleven silver keys. SATK. Length 554 mm. Arne B.
Larson Collection, 1979.
No. 10071. Oboe
by Johann Joseph Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1840. Stamped on all three
joints: [Hapsburg eagle] / I. ZIEGLER / WIEN. / 1. Boxwood,
ivory ferrules. Fifteen brass keys. SATK. Length 62.4 cm. Original case
and reed box. Board of Trustees, 2001.
Lit.: André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), p. 43.
NMM 3559. Oboe by Buffet Crampon & Cie, Paris, after 1859.
NMM 1322. Oboe by Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, Hannover, ca. 1860. Stamped on
all three joints: [crown] / H. F. MEYER / HANNOVER. Cocus.
Fourteen
nickel-silver keys and two rings (German system). SATK. Length 563 mm. Arne
B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 4967. Oboe by Buffet Crampon & Cie., Paris, ca. 1869-1880.
NMM 4965. Oboe by Florentin Barbier, Paris, 1869-1880.
NMM 3098. Oboe, Germany, ca. 1870.
NMM 4964. Oboe by Cabart, Paris, ca. 1875-1900.
NMM 4972. Oboe, France, ca. 1875-1900.
NMM 4966. Oboe by Georg Berthold & Söhne, Speyer-am-Rhein, ca.
1883-1937. Stamped on all three joints: * / BERTHOLD / & SOEHNE /
SPEIER
/ C. Serial no. stamped on bell: 4430. Grenadilla with nickel-silver
trim.
Thirteen nickel-silver keys (German system). SATK. Length 545 mm. Arne B.
Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 3099. Oboe by Hawkes & Son, London, 1884-1895.
NMM 4331. Oboe by Hawkes & Son, London, 1884-1930.
NMM 2502. Oboe by Alfred Rosenwald, Copenhagen, ca. 1899-1929. Stamped on
upper and middle joints: A. ROSENWALD / KOBENHAVN. Rosewood, nickel-silver trim. Twelve nickel-silver keys (German system). SATK.
Incomplete: bell missing. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 4717. Oboe, "Guy Humphrey," ca. 1900-1925.
NMM 4719. Oboe, "Guy Humphrey," ca. 1900-1925.
NMM 4971. Oboe by Couesnon & Cie., Paris, ca. 1900-1925.
NMM 3059. Oboe distributed by Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, ca.
1900-1950.
NMM 3132. Oboe, France, ca. 1900-1960.
NMM 3634. Oboe by Noblet Co., Paris, ca. 1900-1960.
NMM 762. Oboe by V. Kohlert's Söhne, Graslitz, before 1914.
NMM 754. Oboe by V. Kohlert's Söhne, Graslitz, after 1914.
NMM 3236. Oboe by Siour-Chapelain, Paris, ca. 1917-1927.
NMM 3633. Oboe by Linton Co., Elkhart, ca. 1925-1960.
NMM 3079. Oboe by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1915.
NMM 2506. Oboe by V. Kohlert's Söhne, Graslitz, ca.
1920.
NMM 4963. Oboe by V. Kohlert's Söhne, Graslitz, ca.
1920-1938.
NMM 4987. Oboe by V. Kohlert's Söhne, Graslitz, ca.
1920-1938.
NMM 4718. Oboe by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1922.
NMM 4305. Oboe, "Guy Humphrey," Paris, ca. 1925.
NMM 1205. Oboe by Moennig Bros., Markneukirchen, ca. 1925-1940.
NMM 4968. Oboe by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1926.
NMM 4969. Oboe by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1926.
NMM 1625. Oboe, ca. 1930-1960.
NMM 2654. Oboe by Couesnon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1933.
NMM 2509. Oboe by Moennig Bros., Markneukirchen, 1934.
NMM 4970. Oboe by Moennig Bros., Markneukirchen, 1934.
NMM 1324. Oboe by F. Loree, Paris, ca. 1935. Stamped on all three
joints: F. LOREE / [star] / PARIS. Serial number AH8.
Grenadilla.
Twenty-three nickel-silver keys (saxophone system). Length 594 mm.
Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 5525. Oboe by Pan American, Elkhart, ca. 1940.
NMM 4720. Oboe by Moennig Bros., Markneukirchen, ca. 1940-1960.
NMM 380. Oboe by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1947.
NMM 4182. Oboe, France or eastern Europe, before 1947.
NMM 4303. Oboe by Robert Malerne, Paris, ca. 1950.
NMM 5287. Oboe by Selmer, Elkhart, ca. 1960-1970.
NMM 4466. Oboe by Moeck/Steinkopf, Celle, ca. 1968. Baroque
model.
NMM 4473. Oboe da caccia by Moeck/Steinkopf, Celle, ca. 1970.
Baroque model.
NMM 4322. Oboe by C. G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, ca. 1970-1980.
NMM 3517. Oboe by Gunther Korber, Berlin, and Herbert Meyers, Menlo
Park, California, 1975.
NMM 4505. Oboe by Sand Dalton, Watertown, Massachusetts, ca. 1980-1987.
Baroque model after Eichentopf.
NMM 4329. Oboe by Linton Co., Elkhart, before 1987.
NMM 2038. Oboe.
NMM 3516. Oboe by Jehring, Altenburg.
NMM 4467. Oboe d'amore by Moeck/Steinkopf, Celle, ca. 1971.
Baroque model.
NMM 2507. Tenor oboe by Conrad Mollenhauer, Fulda, ca. 1946.
NMM 4906. Cor anglais by V. Kohlert Sons, Graslitz, ca. 1918-1938.
NMM 11695. Oboe by V. Kohlert Sons, Graslitz, ca. 1918-1938. Serial number 10385. Wood with nickel-silver keys and mounts. Gift of Don Berger, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 2006.
NMM 4553. Jugendoboe by Conrad Mollenhauer, Fulda, ca. 1954.
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Cor Anglais
(in chronological order)
NMM 2435. Cor anglais, France, ca. 1825-1850. Curved maple body in
three joints, covered with leather; ivory ferrules. Ten nickel-silver
keys. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 5897. Cor anglais by B. Schott Söhne, Mainz, ca. 1830. Stamped on all
three joints: [wheel] / B. SCHOTT FILS / A MAYENCE. / [wheel].
Angled
boxwood body with ivory ferrules. Twelve silver keys. SATK. Board of
Trustees, 1995.
Lit.: "1995 Acquisitions Include Rare Clarinets, Vintage
Strings," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter XXIII, no. 3 (January 1996),
pp. 1-2.
André P. Larson, "Cor anglais by B. Schott Söhne," South
Dakota
Musician 30, no. 3 (Spring 1996), cover and p. 24.
André P. Larson, Beethoven: Musical Treasures from The Age of Revolution and Romance, with essays by John Eliot Gardner, William Meredith, and Gerhard Stradner, exhibition catalog, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, January 30-March 21, 1999 (Santa Ana: The Bowers Museum, 1999), p. 11.
André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), pp. 44.
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NMM 4075.
Oboe
d'amore by Johann Wolfgang Koenigsberger, Roding,
Oberpfalz, Bavaria, ca. 1730. Stamped on bell: I W /
KENIGSPERGER
[sic];
stamped on top of bell joint and bottom of middle joint: R
[line] / R.
Stained pearwood, horn ferrule. Three brass keys. SATW. Length 614 mm.
Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1986.
Lit.: Musical Instruments, London, November 11, 1986
(London: Christie's, 1986), pp. 10-11.
André P. Larson, The
National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 37.
Technical drawing made by Harry Vas Dias, August 1989.
André P. Larson,
Amadeus: His Music and the Instruments of Eighteenth-century Vienna,
exhibition catalog, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, February
4-March 2, 1990 (Vermillion: Shrine to Music Museum, 1990), p. 12.
Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of
200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p.
129.
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Tenor Oboes
(in chronological order)
NMM 4239. Tenor oboe by Johann Wolfgang Koenigsberger, Roding
Oberpfalz,
Bavaria, ca. 1725. Stamped on top and middle joints: [2 fleurs-de-lis];
stamped on bell: I W / Kinigsperger [sic] / [fleur-de-lis].
Stained fruitwood, horn ferrule. Three brass keys. SATW. Length 818 mm. Ex
coll.: Baron Armand van Zuylen, Liege, Belgium. Rawlins Fund, 1988.
Lit.: Important Musical Instruments including the Van Zuylen
Collection of Early Instruments, London, March 16, 1988 (London:
Christie, Manson & Woods, 1988), pp. 35, 48-49.
Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of
200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p.
129.
NMM 3325. Tenor oboe by Cahusac, London, ca. 1780.
Stamped on lower joint:
CAHUSAC / LONDON. Two joints. Fruitwood, ivory trim. Later
brass
bocal.
Two brass keys. SATK. Length 689 mm. Board of Trustees,
1983.
Lit.: Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind
Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections
(London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 45.
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NMM 13175. Baritone oboe by Charles Bizey, Paris, ca. 1700-1750. Three sections, ten keys (originally two). Arne B. and Jeann F. Larson Fund, 2007.
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NMM 4545. Veltschalmey (Deutsche Schalmei, treble shawm) by Richard
Haka, Amsterdam, ca. 1690. Stamped on both joints: R. HAKA (in a
scroll)
/ [fleur-de-lis]. Boxwood, brass ferrules. No keys. No holes doubled.
Three vent holes in bell (one under fontanelle). Peg in bell. Length,
without later pirouette, 621 mm. Ex coll.: J. W. Mengelberg, Amsterdam.
Board of Trustees, 1988.
Lit.: "Major Double-Reed Exhibition in August," Newsletter of
the American Musical Instrument Society XVII, no. 1 (February 1988),
p. 10.
Phillip T. Young, Loan Exhibition of Historic Double Reed Instruments
(Victoria: University of Victoria, 1988), no. 4.
"1988 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of the American
Musical Instrument Society XVIII, no. 1 (February 1989), p. 10.
"Lobby Exhibit Features Recent Acquisitions," The Shrine to Music Museum
Newsletter, XVI, no. 4 (July 1989), p. 3.
Phillip T. Young, 4,900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of
200 Makers in International Collections (London: Tony Bingham, 1993),
p. 119.
Jan Bouterse, "The Deutsche Schalmeien of Richard Haka," Journal of the
American Musical Instrument Society 25 (1999), pp. 65, 70, 74, 79,
80-81.
David Schulenberg, Music of the Baroque (Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2001), p. 268.
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