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Author: ETZ
Date: 2008-02-26 19:18
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I have a horn that looks similar to a clarinet but doesn't have a bell. Any help out there as to what I have. Only markings is Made in Germany.
Post Edited (2008-02-26 19:20)
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2008-02-26 19:40
My vote is for some double-reed...but I'm sorry that I can't tell you for a fact!
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2008-02-26 19:47
That is a flute, probably from the late 1800s. It is a step up from the old simple system, looking somewhat like an early Zeigler system flute (before they added rings to their design).
I threaten Spiegelthal with those things when he is looking for work and had a very similar Huller I was planning to send his way, but our tornado got it first
Eu.
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Author: CWH
Date: 2008-02-26 19:53
Looks like a "Fife", my best guess from the posted pictures.
Study, Practice, Play and Enjoy.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-02-26 23:32
"That is a flute, probably from the late 1800s. It is a step up from the old simple system, looking somewhat like an early Zeigler system flute (before they added rings to their design)."
Yep that's a German(ic) conical bore concert flute descending to low B - similar to Oehler system clarinets in that it's lineage can be traced back to Baroque flutes (just as Oehler and non-Boehm system clarinets can be traced back to the 5-key clarinets of the Classical era), adding more and more keys over time. The 'Reform flutes' are like this (conical bore), but have split rings and other gadgets, but principally using the basic fingerings that the 8-keyed flutes use.
There was a similar inquiry on here a while back, and it too was thought to be an oboe by several people. I've got one of these flutes with an ivory head.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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