Grand oboe
This instrument is a unique example of a transitional stage in
the development of the oboe. It is probably identical with the grand hoboy à
une clef that is mentioned in a source of 1650 in which it is pictured. It was
pitched like the later oboe d’amore in b-natural and had a key for a, but not yet
twinned finger holes.
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