#aerophone
Oboe, ca. early 1700s
Hendrik Richter (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
-Materials: Body: Unlisted wood • Keys/Ornamentation: Silver
-Other Notes: Instead of ivory rings, like most early oboes, Richter used perforated silver for this instrument. The chain is also a bit of an uncommon feature.
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Piano Organ, ca. 1785
Franz Xaver Christophs (Vienna, Austria)
-Dimensions: Width: 164 cm x Height: 92 cm
-Range: 5 octaves
-Other Notes: This is a combination instrument; A stop is used to switch between piano and organ. Other stops include a damper and register switch for the piano, and 4 registers for the organ. The last photo is taken from above - the keyboard lifts to expose the mechanisms for the organ.
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Post Horn, ca. 1745
Adam Ferber (Vienna, Austria)
-Materials: Silver
-Other Notes: The engraving reads “Macht Adam Ferber In Wienn”.
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Basset Horn, ca. 1820
Grenser & Wiesner (Dresden, Germany)
-Materials: Body: Boxwood • Parts: Ivory, brass
-Length: ~118.5 cm
-Other Notes: In E-Flat. The basset horn is part of the clarinet family and closest in range to the alto clarinet. It’s not related to any brass families despite the given name.
Source:Boston-MFA
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Bass flute in C, ca. 1811-1816
Wigley & McGregor (London, England)
-Materials: Body: Boxwood • Parts: Ivory, brass
-Length: 87.2 cm
Source:Boston-MFA
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Omnitonic Horn, ca. 1833
Charles-Joseph Sax (Brussels, Belgium, 1790-1865)
-Materials: Brass
-Length: 65 cm
-Other Notes: The inside of this bell is lacquered dark cherry-red with trophies and flowers in gold. These horns would either attach all the necessary crooks to the instrument individually or in a successive, compensating system. Manually engaging a switching system – a “tap” – allows the key changes. This horn’s system range allows it to play from B-flat Basso up to a B-flat Alto key.
Source:Boston-MFA
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Davui(shell trumpet), ca. 1800s
Unknown (Fiji)
-Materials: Body: Conch shell • Handle: Plant fibers
-Length: 35.5 cm
-Other Notes: Embouchure is cut into the end of the shell with a fingerhole cut into the side.
Source:Boston-MFA
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Melophone, ca. 1850-1855
Paris, France
-Materials: Maple, Brass
-Notes: Melophones are mechanically similar to accordions, categorized as a free reed instrument and uses double-bellows. The player pushes and pulls the lever at the bottom, and uses the buttons along the fingerboard for individual and simultaneous notes.
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Uilleann pipes, ca. 1850
Michel Egan (England)
-Materials: Leather, ebony, oak, ivory, brass
-Other Notes: A type of bagpipes that use a bellows rather than a mouthpiece.
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Zūrnā, ca. 19th century
Unknown (Turkey)
-Materials: Apricot wood
-Length: 29 cm
-Other Notes: Oboe
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Bass Recorder, ca. late 1800s
attr. Francis William Galpin (England)
-Materials: Body: Walnut • Parts: Brass
-Length: 133.1 cm [without bocal]
-Other Notes: In C
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Cornet-trompe, ca. 1862
attr. Alphonse Sax (Belgium)
-Materials: Brass
-Length: 33.9 cm
-Other Notes: “This unusually wound hunting horn was designed to be more easily handled than the traditional large and unwieldy hooped horn used in the field to signal to members of the hunting party. Its ergonomic form enables it to be tucked snugly under the arm against the player’s body for safe and convenient carrying.”
Source:Boston-MFA
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