This beautiful ebony flute was completely restored.It is stamped with the marks of Carl August KLEMM (1769-1830). He was born in Plauen in Saxony, Germany. He was a university dance master. In 1806, he founded a musical instruments shop in his home town and then relocated his home and shop...
This bass ophicleide was made perhaps around 1840 in Paris by the August G. GUICHARD workshop. This important maker would very much influence the development of brass instruments. Hand-made as well as mass-produced brasswinds were produced. Guichard even patented an ophicleide with valves known as the “Ophicléide à piston” –...
This boxwood fife is very old indeed. It was made around 1780–90 by one of London’s famous instrument-making families – the Cahusacs.It has certainly stood the test of time marvellously –the boxwood looks wonderful, the tone-holes perfect and the embouchure intact. It has a new head cork. It even has...
This Schwedler-style flute was made by Robert Oswald ADLER (1865-1946). ADLER is another famous surname in German woodwind instrument making. Robert Oswald was born in Hermsgrün in Vogtland, Germany. He learnt how to make woodwinds with his father Johann Gottlob Adler (1825-1900) and spent some time working in Magdeburg for...
This reform flute was made by V. KOHLERT SÖHNE. The Kohlert company was founded in 1840 by Vincenz Ferarius KOHLERT in Graslitz, now Kraslice in the Czech Republic. At the turn of the century, the company changed names to V. Kohert Söhne when Vincenz Ferarius died and was then under...
Ever seen a flicorno before? We haven’t! This really special combined B-flat & F flicorno is one of a kind! Two flicornos in one!A flicorno is Italian and can be described as a variety of saxhorn and flugelhorn used in military bands. This particular one was made by the Ferdinando...
The maker of this bassoon was Ignaz HUITTL. He was active making instruments around 1800 in the city of Kraslice (Graslitz in German), which is now located in the Czech Republic. It is just a stone's throw away from the instrument-making hub of Markneukirchen in Germany. It seems that Huittl was...
This piccolo is made of beautiful boxwood with ivory ferrules and a single brass key. It was made in London by POTTER, most likely Richard POTTER (1726-1806). Its flat plate D-sharp key is nicely scalloped and very typical for the time.The nominal pitch of this Potter instrument is C. The...
Ring-key flutes are very special, aren’t they? This Clair GODFROY Ainé (1774-1841) ring-key flute is just fabulous.There were five generations of the Godfroy family. Clair Godfroy Ainé or Clair Godfroy II was trained by his father – Clair GODFROY I (1750-1813) of course. Although he made all woodwinds, he is...
Joseph-René LAFLEUR (1812-1874) was considered to be one of the best bow makers in Paris where he had a music shop. Among his clientele was the French violinist, conductor and composer, Jules Prudence RIVIÈRE (1819-1900), who had settled in London in 1857 and fortunately for Joseph-René had learned to speak...
