Piffaro Oboe
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This oboe was made by an unknown maker in Italy, in the 19th century. It is a piffaro oboe, similar to a type of shawm, made of maple, and with 4 fingerholes. The cap and bell sections are decoratively turned. It has a slightly conical bore.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This oboe was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892. Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095301
label: catalog number
content: 95301
label: accession number
content: 26256
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oboe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (mouth tube material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 23 cm; x 1 9/16 in x 9 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 5/16 in x 1 5/8 in; 28.73375 cm x 4.1275 cm