As part of a joint research project, teacher and researcher Stefaan Verdegem at the Royal Conservatory (Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel) has produced a specific catalogue of MIM's oboe collection (excluding folk and ethnic instruments and non-directly blown double reeds, with a few exceptions).
The MIM contains an interesting collection of oboes. Until now, the only publicly available source of information was Mahillon’s Catalogue, consisting of five volumes written between 1880 and 1922. This reference work remains accurate in many respects. The catalogue describes the instruments up to number 3300, covering about two-thirds of the current oboe collection.
Verdegem's catalogue aims to provide more detailed information about the entire oboe collection, correcting a few errors in the Mahillon catalogue and updating some information concerning the common names of certain oboe types, according to the latest international standards and references. Rudimentary measurements are also provided, and in some cases full measurements. It was not possible—given the boundaries of this project—to provide full measurements for all instruments.
Check out the catalogue here.