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With alto hautboy bell




Oboe d’amore after Deper
Pitch A=415 Hz.
Stained boxwood or service tree (sorb tree).
Three silver keys, fourth double tone-hole. Fourth single tone-hole, as on the original, on request. An alto oboe bell, as on the original, can also be delivered on request.

The original instrument :
Alto hautboy preserved in Wien museum, under the number Wien 149. Dark stained fruit-tree wood, marked M. Deper on the center joint. Three brass keys. Short flared bell.


This instrument is one of the rare subsisting alto hautboy (haute-contre) of the baroque period.


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