English Horn,

Cor Anglais

Shaper-Tips,

Comparative Measurements

Understanding the Oboe Reed

For notes on the accuracy that may be expected from these and any 2-dimensional listings, please follow this link back to the page for Oboe Shaper-Tips.

I should be grateful to any reader, distributor or manufacturer for contacting me please to suggest additions or corrections.

For notes on the accuracy that may be expected from these and any 2-dimensional listings, please follow this link back to the page for Oboe Shaper-Tips.

I should be grateful to any reader, distributor or manufacturer for contacting me please to suggest additions or corrections.

'Shaper-Form' Templates for Oboe, Oboe d'Amore, English Horn/Cor Anglais, Bass/Baritone Oboe, Baroque and Classical Oboes, Wiener / Viennese Oboe, and Oboe-Musette may be found by following these links.

Shaper-Tips for comparison: Oboe, Oboe d'Amore, and Baroque & Classical Oboe.

Those shaper-tips which are measured from the Wrap forwards are shown below boxed-in in grey. The Table falls into three sections: a few Historical tips of value, Numbered tips in order of Increasing Width, and lastly those listed alphabetically according to the Name of the original Oboist.

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