We started oboe today and as always there are plenty of interesting things floating around the school. The first picture shows a single reed mouthpiece for the oboe.
The next two photographs show a metal Graslites Oboe by Kohlert and Sons. While it is not the type of instrument that I will typically encounter, it does serve a purpose in illustrating just how small the bore is in an oboe. Because the bore is so small and the wooden bodies so thick, oboes are prone to cracking. The moisture content of the wood on the inside of the instrument is more likely to be higher than the wood on the outside of the instrument.
