Oboe, incomplete. Boxwood body. Two nickel silver keys, block mounted, with octagonal flat flaps and leather pads. Block mounts are full, one rounded and one square in profile. Onion and cotton reel top. One ivory ferrule. Upper joint absent. Lower joint has three tone holes, the first a double hole. Two vent holes in bell. Both joints are stamped: CAHUSAC/LONDON
overall: 14.1732 x 2.2441 x 2.2441 in.; 360 x 57 x 57 mm;
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