The curved cor anglais was made from a straight piece of wood. The bore was drilled and the curve was the made with a series of V-shaped cuts along the inside. The instrument is covered in leather which protects the glued joints and disguises the workmanship.
Previous ownership: Colonel Thomas Bradney Shaw-Hellier.
(Shaw-Hellier Collection).
Current ownership: On loan to the Collection.
EUCHMI Acquisition number: (3322)
Technical description: Probably maple with brass keys and wide (width c 20mm) ivory ferrules at crook well and sockets, there is also a narrow bell ring in ivory. The instrument is constructed with an overall curve and the upper and middle sections are covered with black leather which has ornamental tooling of festoons and stars in gold leaf at each end of the two sections. The bell is bare wood which has been stained black to match the leather. There is no onion shaped baluster at the top of the instrument.
The primary notes given by the keys arranged for the player's fingers are:
Inscriptions: On the upper and middle sections an inscription has been tooled in the leather in gold leaf: barbican motif / "TRIEBERT / A PARIS". The same marking has been stamped on the bell.
Faults: Crook is missing.
Repair history: A small vent hole in the bell, opposite the low B hole, has been stopped.
GALPIN, F.W., HILL, A.F. et al., 1909. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Music Loan Exhibition held ... by the Worshipful Company of Musicians at Fishmongers' Hall, June and July 1904. London: Novello, p.196
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