English Horn in F
Boxwood, two original keys for c and e-flat. The keys for f, b-flat, and the speaker key were added about 1820.
Artwork Details
- Title: English Horn in F
- Maker: Friedrich Hammig, Jr. (Austrian, active Vienna early 19th century)
- Date: ca. 1800
- Geography: Vienna, Austria
- Culture: Austrian
- Medium: Boxwood, silver, ivory
- Dimensions: L. +/-775 mm, Diam. of bell 57 mm at rim, Upper section 306 mm, Knee section approx. 65 mm, Lower section 312 mm, Foot 148 mm.
- Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.887
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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