Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/669 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title oboe Subject 422.112.2 Publisher Fox Contributor Roger Vetter Type European Format 23.6 in. length (without reed) Identifier 189 Language EN Alternative Title hautbois Hoboe Extent 330 Medium resin reed - cane metal keypads Requires 1 Is Part Of Woodwind Quintet Symphony Orchestra Concert Band and Wind Ensemble Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Europe Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Air cavity design for aerophones tubular - conical with open distal end Source and direction of airstream player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones exposed concussion (multiple) reed Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity Overblowing utilization in aerophones overblowing at consecutive partials Pitch production in aerophones multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing Category of Instrument aerophone --