Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 176328, member: 44"]I haven't able to find an instrument identical to this one. I thought possible a recorder with metal keys minus the mouthpiece, but couldn't find one with metal keys. Brad, answer of a simple oboe seems to fit. The absence of a mouthpiece with vintage instruments was common for musicians usually carried the mouthpieces around with them for fear of losing them. I did find a beginner, smaller and simpler, oboe that seems a bit similar but not identical and not marked John Grey & Sons.<a href="http://www.rigoutat.com/student/initiation/?ob=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rigoutat.com/student/initiation/?ob=" rel="nofollow">http://www.rigoutat.com/student/initiation/?ob=</a> BTW, John Grey & Sons was a trademark name used by Barnett Samuel & Sons. Here's a little history about the company on a banjo website.<a href="http://banjolin.co.uk/banjo/greyhistory.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://banjolin.co.uk/banjo/greyhistory.htm" rel="nofollow">http://banjolin.co.uk/banjo/greyhistory.htm</a> Edit: According to the history, "John Grey & Sons" trademark was used starting around 1911. Before that "Grey & Sons Ltd" was used. Possibly that tradename stopped being used in 1928 when Barnett Samuel  & Sons was bought out by British Equity Investment Co. Ltd??? --- Susan[/QUOTE]