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English: Musical notation showing the lowest note written for a contrabass oboe produced in 1868 by C. Mahillon of Brussels. It is a conical brass tube of very large proportions, with lateral holes placed as theory demands, in geometrical relation, with a diameter almost equal to the section of the tube at the point where the hole is cut.
Français : Notation musicale montrant la note la plus basse que peut jouer un hautbois contrebasse fabriqué en 1868 par C. Mahillon de Bruxelles. C'est un tube conique en laiton de grande taille, avec des trous latéraux placé selon la théorie, dans des rapports géométriques, et dont le diamètre est presque celui de la section du tube là où se trouve le trou.
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Source Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. 19, p. 952
Author Kathleen Schlesinger; Victor Charles Mahillon
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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