Musical instrument of the woodwind family

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A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.

A musician playing an oboe. Lithograph, ca. 1840.

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Oboe

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A musician playing an oboe. Lithograph, ca. 1840.

A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.