Grassi 2-Keyed Oboe
date: label: date made
content: 1775 - 1799
name: label: maker
content: Grassi
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This oboe was made by Barnaba Grassi in Milan, Italy, around 1775-1799. It is a 2-keyed oboe, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. There are three interchangeable upper joints numbered 1 through 3 from the shortest for tuning. The oboe is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>GRASSI<br>IN MILAN</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: Lombardy, Milan
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.095298
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95298
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: 54.5 cm; 21 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: reed: 2 3/4 in x 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint 1: 8 9/16 in x 1 in; 21.74875 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint 2: 9 1/8 in x 1 in; 23.1775 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint 3: 9 9/16 in x 1 in; 24.28875 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint/bell: 13 3/4 in x 2 13/16 in; 34.925 cm x 7.14375 cm