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Cor anglais, F

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English horn, F

Maker B. Schott Söhne

Date1830 ca.

Place MadeMainz, Rhineland-Hesse, Germany, Europe

Serial No.None

SignedStamped on all three sections: [wheel] / B. SCHOTT FILS / À MAYENCE. / [wheel]
On the bell stamp, the upper wheel appears to be double-stamped.
DescriptionAn angled cor anglais in boxwood with ivory trim. Fourteen silver keys (counting the touchpieces) includes low B and an alternate low C#, both operated by the right hand thumb. This instrument reflects the influence of the Viennese oboe as played by oboist Joseph Sellner and made by Stephan Koch and others.
DimensionsOverall length, excluding bocal, following the angle of the body: 776 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, September 11, 1995.
Published ReferencesLarson, André P. _Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003_ Vermillion: National Music Museum, 2003. (p. 44)

Larson, André P. _Beethoven: Musical Treasures from The Age of Revolution and Romance, with essays by John Eliot Gardner, William Meredith, and Gerhard Stradner, exhibition catalog, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, January 30-March 21, 1999_ Santa Ana: The Bowers Museum, 1999. (p. 11)

Larson, André P. "Cor anglais by B. Schott Söhne." _South Dakota Musician_ 30, no. 3 (Spring 1996): cover and p. 24.

Larson, André P. “Mazzeo Collection a Highlight . . . 1995 Acquisitions Include Rare
Clarinets, Vintage Strings.” _The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 23, No. 3 (January 1996): 1-4.

Woltjer, Reinout. "Schott: A Music Publisher Producing Musical Instruments." _Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society _ 42 (2016): 155-156.

Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1995

Object number05897

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