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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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Title: Grand oboe
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Boxwood, brass
Dimensions: Height: 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Credit Line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1995
Object Number: 1995.565
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