Tárogató, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
Oscar Adler & Co.
Date1918-1940 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Vogtland, Germany, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedStamped on both body joints, but not bell: ADLER & CO. / MARKNEUKIRCHEN / GERMANYDescriptionIn three pieces – bell and two body joints, as well as wooden clarinet mouthpiece. Grenadilla body with twelve nickel-silver keys and two ferrules. Conical bore with long, slightly flared bell. Keys mounted on posts.This instrument is a modern tárogató, invented by Venzel József Schunda in Budapest, before 1900, which uses a single reed rather than the traditional Hungarian folk instrument, which used a double reed.ProvenancePreviously a part of the Dr. Hewitt A. Waggener Collection (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.). Later transferred to Cecil B. Leeson Collection, Muncie, Indiana. U.S.A.
Credit LineTransfer from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1994
Object number05757
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