COLLECTION NAME:
MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh)
Record
Work Record ID:
0036845
Licence:
ID Number:
5819
Title:
Still shawm, facsimile
Title Notes:
Copy of original found on the Mary Rose.
Creator:
Foster, Charles
Date:
2002
Description:
Technical description: A copy of the remains of an instrument found on the warship Mary Rose which sank in 1545. Made in two sections the upper of boxwood the lower of cherry wood. Both have been stained black which is the colour of the original as it was found. The mechanism for the keys would have been largely obscured by two fontanelles also in cherry wood pierced with holes in circular patterns, there are marks of metal rings fitted at each end of each. The instrument has a cylindrical bore giving a low range for the length. Keymount type: Blocks
Work Type:
Musical Instrument
Work Type:
Wind
Work Type:
Oboes
Work Type:
Still shawm
Measurement:
1014.
Production Place:
Aberdeen
Production Place:
Europe
Production Place:
Scotland
Production Place:
United Kingdom
Repository:
MIMEd
Style or Period:
2000s
Style or Period:
21st century
Repro Link ID:
0036845c-0002
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro Title:
Still shawm, facsimile. Nominal pitch: (Charles Foster) : TOP
Repro Creator Name:
Dominic Ibbotson
Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status:
Full public access
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