Detail View: MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh): Basset-horn. Nominal pitch: F (Strobach) : LEFT
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Work Record ID:
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0032869
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ID Number:
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969
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Title:
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Basset-horn. Nominal pitch: F.
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Title Notes:
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6 keys + 2 basset keys.
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Imprint:
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Makers experimented with a number of shapes for the basset horn, in order for the instrument to function at maximum efficiency and to make it more comfortable for the player to hold. Very little is known about Strohbach, but a number of well crafted basset horns of distinctive design survive by this maker. The rounded bell lends a muted quality to the lower notes of the instrument. C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection
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Creator:
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Strobach
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Date:
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Circa 1800
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Description:
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Technical description: Boxwood, stained dark; horn ferrules, half-round; brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece with integral barrel, upper section, middle section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece/barrel of lighter wood (less stain?), stepped in three diameters, 21.5 overall diameter at base of mouthpiece proper, 23.7 overall diameter at middle part, 31.2 overall diameter at bottom; mouthpiece proper narrow and tapered. Upper section straight, with narrow finger-holes (c 4mm). Keys mounted in rings of rectangular section. Speaker liner projects into centre of bore. Middle section has integral elbow-joint. Elbow-joint is angled c|110°; it has two horn ferrules. Lower section has E♭ key to the right of C♮,not in its usual place to the left. Bell globular, with boss and tenon; plug and ivory stopper opposite tenon; aperture at top, 32.1 by 29.4; two horn ferrules. L0: @I{T; speaker. L1: @I{T; A♮. L2: @I{T. L3: @I{T. L4: @I{E/B♮ bascule; F♯/C♯. R0: @I{Basset D♮; basset C♮. R1: @I{T. R2: @I{T. R3: @I{T. R4: @I{F/C♮ bascule; G♯/E♭. Keymount type: keys all carried in turned rings except bascules of basset keys which are in blocks; the key pivot-pins all have neat spherical heads; SATK. Keyhead type: flat and bevelled, trapezoidal.
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Measurement:
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Slant length (mouthpiece to bell) c|960.
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Measurement:
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Upper section 13.8; lower section 14.2 at bottom.
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Production Place:
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Europe
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Production Place:
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Germany
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Production Place:
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Central Europe
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Repository:
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MIMEd
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Repository:
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C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection
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Repro Link ID:
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0032869d-0003
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Repro File Type:
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Derivative JPEG
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Repro Title:
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Basset-horn. Nominal pitch: F (Strobach) : LEFT
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Repro Creator Name:
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Raymond Parks
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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Repro Publication Status:
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Full public access
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