Schwegel
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- Querpfeife
- Biripfeife
- Fife
Maker
Johann or Joseph Ögl
Date1750 ca.
Place MadeBerchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped above first fingerhole, inside banner with foliate motif: I: ÖGL / [flower]MarkingsnoneDescriptionPearwood, 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.DimensionsOverall length: 437 mm
Sounding length: 378 mm
Embouchure: 7.1 x 6.8 mmProvenancePurchased in 2003 from Musik-Antik-Philipp, Absam, Austria.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.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 2003
Object number10435
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