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Oberlin

a town in Lorain co., O.; on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad; 34 miles W. S. W. of Cleveland. Here are the well-known Oberlin College, a school of telegraphy, business college, conservatory of music, National and State banks, electric lights, public and college libraries, and weekly and monthly periodicals.

OBREGON 21 inches long, narrow at the top, but gradually widening toward the lower end or bell, and divided into three pieces or joints. In the upper and middle ends are holes, by stopping or opening which with the fingers, the natural scale is formed, the intermediate semitones being produced by means of the keys, of which some hautboys have but two, while others have 15, and more. Its range of available notes extends from B to Gin alto. The tone of the hautboy is rich and sweet. This term is also given by organ builders to a reed stop similar in shape and sound to the real hautboy.

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