Pastoral Oboe (Musette)

Catalogue number: 3.2

Original name: Pastoral Oboe (Musette).

Maker: Unknown.

Place of origin: Probably French, mid 19th Century.

Overall size: 356.4mm, bell diameter: 59mm.

Bore: Upper joint: 6.1mm - 8.5mm; lower joint: 13.1mm - 33.6mm (bell).

Technical description: Two sections in rosewood, with seven finger holes and one thumb hole. Upper joint: 233mm; lower joint: 142.3mm.

Finger-holes	Diameter	Distance from foot (distance to hole centres)
Left hand thumb:	3.1mm	284.8mm
Left hand, first finger:	3.1mm	274.9mm
Left hand, second finger:	5.3mm	251.8mm
Left hand, third finger:	5.9mm	226mm
Right hand, first finger:	5.9mm	198mm
Right hand, third finger:	4.3mm	151.6mm
Right hand, fourth finger:	3.1mm	122mm

Illustration references: See below

Previous owner: William Bentley.

Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 31.