Oboe – Rudall Carte & Co Ltd

Oboes

This oboe was made by Rudall, Carte & Co Ltd.  The company was set up in 1872 as successors to Rudall Rose, Carte & Co. Later in 1943-1944, it was acquired by Boosey & Hawkes.

Rudall Carte & Co didn’t make many oboes at the turn of the century as the company was obviously specialised and successful in flute manufacture. This is therefore a rare instrument. There is one in the Edinburgh collection, serial number 1024, dated to 1919. This oboe was made in earlier… in 1899 to be exact.

It is made of cocuswood with nickel silver keywork and goes down to B-flat. It has a thumbplate system.

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G-sharp key

Open/closed G-sharp key
The open G-sharp key was promoted by Theobald Boehm. So, G-sharp is fingered like a G on the modern-day flute and G is fingered like the modern-day G-sharp. The open G-sharp key mechanism avoids having an additional second G-sharp tone hole, which is not optimal in acoustical terms.
The closed G-sharp key is the regular mechanism on modern day instruments as well as traditional conical wooden more-keyed flutes. G-sharp is obtained by pressing the G-sharp lever. G is produced by pressing down all four fingers of the left hand.
Theobald Boehm’s open G-sharp was not successful in the end and is no longer used in flute-making, with some exceptions.