Oboe
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bronze, Cotton, Leather
Measurements
515 mm (Length); 95 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
India
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335407
Summary
Shawm, Indian - , (Sahnai), '19th century'. Wooden body, bronze bell. Bound with cotton between note holes. Mouthpiece missing. (C. Nobbs) 'Nineteenth century South Indian oboe (Nagasvaram) with seven finger holes and five tuning holes. Played as one pair of double reeded instruments (such as a drone instrument called the Ottu)'. (M. Jessop)
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.