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Oboe lowest note
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I would seriously doubt they stretched a note for one instrument, when other instruments don't cover the full natural range at the upper end (e.g. the trumpet and piccolo trumpet libraries, both of which have the same range but simply different timbre).
My recollection is that there are a few variants on oboe ranges. Maybe an extra hole with a stretch key on certain models? Clarinets are known for this, as are saxes.
Flutes of course require the B-foot to extend their range downwards, which makes the insgtrument itself longer and changes the timbre slightly.
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