422.112

Cor anglais, English horn. Straight model. Rosewood body with nickel silver-plated keywork, crook receiver, ferrules and tenon sleeve. Keys are pillar mounted with fish skin pads. Boehm-system fingering includes brille key and Dorus pattern G sharp key. Three joints. Lower joint stamped: A. BUFFET/JNE/PARIS; Upper joint has two paper labels attached, the first with the number 71, the other has written in D.J. Blaikley's hand: 64 COR ANGLAIS. F/ROSEWOOD/12 G.S. KEYS/5 RINGS. BOEHM SYSTEM
overall: 757 x 60 x 60 mm;

This cor anglais once belonged to the great 19th century oboe virtuoso Antoine Joseph Lavigne, who was an important early advocate for the Boehm system oboe. The unusual key additions to this instrument, such as the Dorus pattern G sharp key, merited its inclusion in the Royal Military Exhibition of 1890.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2004.913
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall length: 757 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
rosewood; copper alloy; German silver; plating; cork; fish skin; hair; wax; string; steel; paper; ink
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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