Christopher Redgate Contemporary Oboe Music Specialist
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Instruments of the oboe family and their ranges:
The Inastruments of teh oboe family is a much larger group than people generally realise and comprises the following:
 
  • Musette
  • Oboe
  • Oboe d'amore
  • Cor anglais
  • Bass oboe
  • Hecklephone
The musette exists in two forms one in Eb and one in F. There are not many of these instruments in existence - I own one (an Eb version by Patricola)  and as far as I am aware there is only one other in the UK.
 
Both versions of the instrument are transposing instruments: the Eb sounds a minor third higher than written and the f, a perfect fourth above the written pitch.