Services
Instrument Plans
Detailed plans of our most important instruments, drawn by experts in the field, are available for purchase.
You can now order and pay online. Visit our shop:
Otherwise orders should be addressed to:
Instrument Plans
Bate Collection
Faculty of Music
St.Aldate's
Oxford
OX1 1DB
United Kingdom
Cheques should be made payable to The University of Oxford and must be in Pounds sterling, or US Dollars. The University has no GIRO account but Girocheques are acceptable.
Ask by email for the postage cost of your order, we will assume that they are to be sent by surface mail unless otherwise stated. The plans are folded flat to A4 size.
All plans are photocopies on A3 paper except for the full-size bassoons and the renaissance recorder.
Recorders
0109 Peter Bressan, FOURTH FLUTE, boxwood, early 18th c., ex Edgar Hunt
A now = c.424 Hz. Measured & drawn double size Heinz Amman £5.00
0112Peter Bressan, TREBLE, boxwood & ivory, ex Edgar Hunt Coll.
A= c.404 Hz. Measured & drawn Frederick Morgan, l sheet £1.00
Measured & drawn Friedrich von Huene, 5 sheets £10.00
0114Anonymous (Bressan style) BASS, maple & ivory, ex Edgar Hunt Coll.
A= c.404 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams * £10.00
0117Renaissance BASSET marked !! !!, maple, 16th c. ex Michael
Morrow A= c.462 Hz. Measured & drawn Tim Cranmore £5.00
0402 Fourth Flute, Stanesby Junior, Measured and drawn by Tim Cranmore, 1 sheet. £10.00
Tabor pipes:
x01 Henry Potter, boxwood & ivory, c.1850 ex Galpin Coll.
A.C.Baines Bequest. in D at A=432 Hz
x02 Rudall, Carte & Co, boxwood, mid-19th c. ex Overy Coll.
A.C.Baines Bequest. in D at A=435 Hz
Measured & drawn Ken Williams * together £10.00
Traversi
1 Charles Bizey, Paris, ivory, 1 silver key + 4 added. early 18th c.
2 upper body joints; A= c.411 & 435 Hz. Measured & drawn Alun Williams £10.00
106 Charles Bizey, Paris, boxwood & ivory, 1 silver key. early 18th c.
Morley-Pegge Mem. Gift. A= c.397 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
11 Thomas Cahusac, boxwood & ivory, 1 silver key. 2nd half 18th c.
A= c.427 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
113 Thomas Collier, boxwood & ivory, 5 silver keys, 2nd half 18th c.
C# foot, 3 upper body joints, 4, 5, 6: A = 423, 429, & 435 Hz.
Measured & drawn Alun Williams £15.00
1138 Antoine Delerablé, Paris, boxwood unmounted, 1 brass key, early 18th c.
A= c.399 Hz. Measured & drawn A Williams, G Fairley, & D Hickey £10.00
x1080 Christophe Delusse, Paris, palissandre and ivory, 1 silver key. c.1780
A= c.423 Hz. Lent Jeremy Montagu. Measured & drawn Charles Wells £10.00
1141 Friedrich Gabriel August Kirst, Potsdam, boxwood and ivory, 1 silver key,
2 upper body joints, 3rd quarter 18th c. A=425, 429 Hz.
Measured & drawn G Fairley, D Hickey, & A Williams £10.00
118 Friedrich Gabriel August Kirst, Potsdam, ebony and ivory, 7 silver keys,
3rd quarter 18th c. D foot with Quantz keys and register.
A= c.430. Measured and drawn Charles Wells £10.00
1139 Thomas Lot, Paris, boxwood and ivory, 1 silver key, 4 upper body joints,
2nd quarter 18th c. A= 396, 407, 419, 425 Hz.
Measured & drawn A Williams, G Fairley, & D Hickey £15.00
x 1081 William Milhouse, boxwood & ivory, 5 silver keys, c.1800. D foot.
Lent Jeremy Montagu. Measured & drawn Noel Sheehan; additional bore measurements Alun Williams £10.00
121 William Milhouse, boxwood & ivory, 6 silver keys (4-key with C foot), 1st quarter 19th c. Measured & drawn Alun Williams £10.00
1028 Richard Potter, boxwood & ivory, 6 silver keys (4-key with C foot),
dated 1782. 3 upper-body joints, 4, 5, 6: A= c.418, 427 & 436 Hz.
Measured & drawn Ken Williams * £15.00
18 Richard Potter, boxwood & ivory, 1 silver key, last quarter 18th c
3 upper body joints, 4, 5, 6: A= 420, 430 & 435 Hz
Measured A Williams, A Powell, & M Dart; drawn Alun Williams £15.00
1066 Proser, boxwood & ivory, 1 silver key. last quarter 18th c.
ex Edgar Hunt Coll. A= c.427 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
142 John Mitchell Rose, Edinburgh, ebony & ivory, 6 silver keys (4-key with C foot). 1816 Male tenon on head.
Measured & drawn Charles Wells £10.00
x11 Schuchart, boxwood & ivory, 1 silver key. mid-18th c.
A.C.Baines Bequest. A= c.420 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams *£10.00
x1050 Thomas Stanesby jr, ivory & silver, 1 silver key. c.1735
Lent Jeremy Montagu. A now = c.437 Hz. Measured Andreas Glatt,
drawn David Cox, with a trace by Rod Cameron £5.00
1015 Stanesby jr FLÛTE D'AMOUR, boxwood & ivory, 1 silver key. c.1720
In Bb at A= 415 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
Oboes
200 Anonymous, `THE GALPIN', boxwood & ivory, 3 silver keys. c.1680-90
ex Galpin & Halfpenny Colls. A= c.392 Hz.
Measured Mary Kirkpatrick, drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
292 Anonymous German transitional, boxwood, 3 brass keys. c.1760
ex Edgar Hunt Coll. Measured Mary Kirkpatrick & Gail Hennessy,
drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
201 Charles Bizey, Paris, maple, 2 silver keys. 1st half 18th c.
Morley-Pegge Memorial Gift. A= c.407 Hz.
Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
2013 Thomas Cahusac sr, boxwood & ivory, 2 silver keys. 2nd half 18th c.
ex MacGillivray Coll. Measured & drawn Ken Williams * £10.00
20 Christophe Delusse, Paris, cedar & silver, 3 brass keys (3rd key F#).
c.1785. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
293 Richard Milhouse, Newark, boxwood, straight-top, 2 brass keys.
ex Edgar Hunt Coll. Measured & drawn Ken Williams * £10.00
2037 Hendrik Richters, Amsterdam, ebony & ivory, 3 silver keys. c.1700
A= c.407 Hz. Measured & drawn Dick Earle, with xeroxes of six detail photos of turned ivory mounts and engraved keys £10.00
248 Jean-Hyacinth Rottenburgh, Brussels, TENOR OBOE, bulb bell,
boxwood & brass, 3 brass keys. 1st half 18th c., ex Morley-Pegge
Coll. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
29 Thomas Stanesby jr, maple & silver, 2 silver keys, plain model. c.1735
A= c.421 Hz. Measured Mary Kirkpatrick, drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
222 Nicolas Winnen, Paris, boxwood and ivory, 7 silver keys
(C#, C, Eb,F, F#, G#, Bb). early 19th c. A=c.430.
Measured and drawn Charles Wells £10.00
x2012 Anonymous, OBOE MUTE, wood, c.1800
A.C.Baines Bequest Measured & drawn Ken Williams * £ 5.00
Clarinets
40 Baumann, Paris, boxwood & horn, 6 brass keys (cross C#). pre-1830,
in C. Measured & drawn Alan Mills £ 5.00
432 Heinrich Grenser, Dresden, boxwood & ivory, 9 brass keys. c.1800,
(cross Bb, Eb, F; double holes instead of cross C#, upper shake)
in Bb. Measured & drawn Charles Wells £10.00
489 Heinrich Grenser, Dresden, BASSET HORN, boxwood & ivory,
8 brass keys (normal 5 key + bell note + basset C & D).
late 18th c. Measured & drawn David Grant & Peter Sheehan. £10.00
443 Thomas Key, boxwood & ivory, 8 brass keys (cross Eb, cross B),
1st half 19th century, in A. Measured & drawn, Charles Wells. £10.00
422 George Miller, boxwood & ivory, 5 brass keys. c.1770, in C.
Restored, measured & drawn Charles Wells £10.00
4008 & 4009 George Miller, boxwood & ivory pair, 5 brass keys & added shake.
c.1760, in Bb. Portrayed by Zoffany in `The Sharp Family'.
Lent by The Executors of Miss O.K.L.Lloyd-Baker. each £10.00
Measured & drawn Charles Wells the pair £15.00
170 William Milhouse, boxwood & ivory, 5 brass keys. c.1800, in Bb. III
Jeremy Montagu Coll. Measured & drawn Alan Mills £ 5.00
406 Moussetter, Paris, boxwood, 5 brass keys. c.1780, in Bb.
Measured & drawn Ken Williams* £10.00
429 I.B.Willems sr., Brussels(?), boxwood, 2 brass keys. c.1720-40,
in high F. Measured & drawn David Armitage £ 5.00
480 Herman Wrede, boxwood & ivory, 6 brass keys, 1st quarter 19th century,
in high Eb. Measured & drawn Charles Wells. £10.00
400 Basset horn in F by Gottfried Schuster, Stained maple, 9 brass keys and brass bell, 1st half 19th century. Measured and drawn by John Candor. £15.00
Bassoons:
x35 Thomas Cahusac sr, maple (wing boxwood), 4 brass keys. dated 1769
ex Brailes Church, ex Langwill Coll. Lent Philip Bate. full-size £15.00
A= c.407 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* the drawing half-size £10.00
x30 Dominique Porthaux, Paris, maple, 5 brass keys. c.1800. A.C.Baines Bequest.
A= c.415 Hz. Measured & drawn Ken Williams* full-size £15.00 half-size £10.00
Bows
930 Edward Dodd, London, viola da gamba bow, round pernambuco stick,
pernambuco frog stamped Norris & Barnes, 1765-80
W.C.Retford Memorial Collection, ex Mrs P.White
Measured & drawn David Kerr £ 5.00
931 Edward Dodd, London, viola d'amore bow, fluted snakewood stick,
ivory frog. 18th c. W.C.Retford Memorial Collection,
ex Mrs P.White. Measured & drawn David Kerr £ 5.00
The same bow measured and drawn by Robert Schär £ 5.00
Harpsichords
Not Currently Available