Oboe reed for use with the kuantzu oboe, made from a natural reed cylinder pinched together at the top. Bound with fine brass wire at the centre. Lower end cut off at a node.

Collection type: Object
Description: Oboe reed for use with the kuantzu oboe, made from a natural reed cylinder pinched together at the top. Bound with fine brass wire at the centre. Lower end cut off at a node.
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Francis William Galpin
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1902
Date collected: By 1902
Acquisition information: Donated: 1902
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Material Brass Metal, Process Bound
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.43.1
Research and responses: Galpin's biography, see Biographies file, suggests that Galpin did not travel to the Far East although he was an expert on ancient musical instruments and therefore I have presumed that he only possibly collected one piece himself, from Wales [AP 18/9/2002]

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