Kuss 11-Keyed Oboe
date: label: date made
content: 1811 - 1834
name: label: maker
content: Kuss, Wolfgang
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This oboe was made by Wolfgang Kuss in Vienna, Austria, around 1811-1834. It is an 11-keyed oboe, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. The oboe is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Kuss<br>Wein<br>3</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: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095299
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95299
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Oboe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54.7 cm x 6.4 cm; 21 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: reed: 2 13/16 in x 5/16 in; 7.14375 cm x .79375 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel/upper joint: 8 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 8 13/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 22.38375 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 5 9/16 in x 2 5/8 in; 14.12875 cm x 6.6675 cm