Sand N. Dalton - historical oboes
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Sand Dalton offers a number of historical styles of 'hautbois' ranging in time from about 1700 to 1810. During this period, there was no 'standard model' oboe as we find today, but instead a diverse collection of instruments representing evolving, regional pitch standards as well as the tastes of the individual craftsman who made them.
Our instruments divide roughly into two types; the relatively large-bore 'baroque oboes' of the first part of the 18th Century, and the smaller bore, 'classical oboes' of the last quarter of the 18th Century.
In order to reflect the basic diversity of pitch levels in use during the first half of the 18th Century, we have chosen to make our baroque oboes at three pitch levels, each a half step apart and centered on the current 'modern baroque' standard of a = 415hz.
Our classical Grundmann and Floth models are normally made at the a = 430hz level, but can also be supplied with a shorter joint at a = 440hz.