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Schwegel
Alternate name:Querpfeife
Alternate name:Biripfeife
Alternate name:Fife
Maker: Johann or Joseph Ögl
Date: 1750 ca.
Place Made:Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped above first fingerhole, inside banner with foliate motif: I: ÖGL / [flower]
Markingsnone
DescriptionPearwood, stained. Six finger holes. Turned ends.
The mark on this instrument was used by two brothers, Johann (b. 1716) and Joseph (b. 1722) Ögl, who worked in the Bavarian Alps. A handful of instruments made by the Ögl brothers survive, among them recorders and other transverse flutes of various sizes.
The mark on this instrument was used by two brothers, Johann (b. 1716) and Joseph (b. 1722) Ögl, who worked in the Bavarian Alps. A handful of instruments made by the Ögl brothers survive, among them recorders and other transverse flutes of various sizes.
DimensionsOverall length: 437 mm
Sounding length: 378 mm
Embouchure: 7.1 x 6.8 mm
Sounding length: 378 mm
Embouchure: 7.1 x 6.8 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 2003 from Musik-Antik-Philipp, Absam, Austria.
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 2003
Not on view
Published ReferencesAndré Larson, "Celebrating 30 Great Years . . . Sioux Falls Exhibition Crowns Another Notable Year," National Music Museum Newsletter 30, No. 4 (November 2003), pp. 1-3.
Object number: 10435