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 Taille de hautbois after Hendryk Richter Tenor hautboy in F. Pitch A = 415 Hz. Stained service tree (sorb tree). Two brass or silver keys. The original instrument : Preserved in Paris, Musée de la Musique, n° E.1185. Dark stained boxwood. Ivory rings on each joint and at the opening of the bell. Hendryk Richters was a Dutch woodwind maker active during the first half of the XVIIIth century with his brother Fredrik. Subsisting instruments by him, mostly out of ebony with ornamented ivory mountings, show a particular craftsmanship. |
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