Gabriel’s Oboe hasn’t been played quite this way before. Clarinet, French Horn, Tuba and … um … I’m not sure what the double reed instrument even is. Hmmm.:
The group “Germá Quartet in a different form (no double reed this time):
Unusual, yes?
And here’s the more usual version of Gabriel’s Oboe:
www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/3771902174/
check out the top shelf, far left. Body style similar to early baroque hautbois with finger holes; the model in the video looks like it has some brass keys. You can see the evolution from … basically a recorder with a double reed mouthpiece. Nifty huh?
Musée de la Musique, Paris.
Looks (and sounds) like a bombarde (sort of shawm) to me…
That would sure make sense, Eefje! Thanks!
I would have guessed something from the Renaissance, Jack, but I think the bombarde would make a lot of sense.
I have one myself. You know those kind of people who think an oboe sounds like a duck / is ‘screechy’ and all that stuff? This is far, far worse *evil grin*
And those renaissance oboes are actually oboe-sized or almost so, while this thing is way smaller.