Klaus,
You are probably right about the horn being in F. That was my first thought, too. The open notes correspond to a B-flat horn. The length of the 2nd valve is closer to a horn in F. If it is in F, the third valve is probably normal. I had to use a modern receiver for the mouthpiece. I wonder how long the initial crook should be, and if I can make one from a pitch filled lead pipe. I assume it was a single loop, but it would be nice to find a picture. The place name is Teplitz (Teplice). Thank you for the church history. My father (also a horn player) was a professor of historical theology, and an expert on the Dutch reformation. Carl Bangs Fenwick Parva Press http://www.fenwickparva.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Antique horn restoration] From: Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre <[email protected]> Date: Thu, October 01, 2009 2:37 am To: The Horn List <[email protected]> There were family links between populations of Markneukirchen and Graslitz. All were Bohemian rooted, but the protestants among them had been thrown out by a catholic king. They went to Saxony, where the protestant Markgraf gave them a new church for their village, hence Markneukirchen. The denomination could often be read from the spelling of the family name. Meinl and Klier were catholic. Meinel and Glier were protestant. The Meindl spelling is new to me. As for the horn itself, it is not in Bb. It is a single F horn missing its initial crook. A horn mouthpiece will not fit the receiver. The function of the link will be distorted, when it contains " or other funny signs. The horn may be seen here (I hadn’t seen the d by then): <http://tinyurl.com/a-meinl-horn> Klaus --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote: From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Antique horn restoration] To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 8:44 AM Hello Carl, is that horn by A.Meindl from Graslitz ? If so, you should not say Czechoslovakia (you mispelled it as Czechoslavkia instead of correct Czechoslovakia from Czech & Slovakia) for some reason: 1. Czechoslovakia did not exist then, as it was The Kingdom of Bohemia, ruled in personal-union by the Habsburg, Emperor of the Austrian-Hungarian imperium. 2. Czechoslovakia does not exist any more as it split up into Czech Republik & Slovakia several years ago. 3. Graslkitz (Kraslice) was inhabitated by the same folks as Klingenthal & Markneukirchen on the other side of the border (but no border more) since centuries & was over 80% German. Double extension on the third slide: Uhlmann in Vienna did such; I know a Raoux-Millereau & other horns having such. By the way, the link does not work from my iMAC. Regards Hans +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++ Am 01.10.2009 um 06:40 schrieb [email protected]: > > I have just completed the restoration of a horn made in the > 1880's > by A. Meindl in Czechoslavkia. It is a B-flat horn and plays very well > and easily in the upper octave, not so well lower down. The 3rd > valve is > 2 steps. I haven't seen this before in a horn, but I did have a > helicon > that was the same. > > I'm still looking for a button for the first valve, any ideas? You can > see a picture of it before my restoration on Horn-u-copia: > > http://www.horn-u-copia.net/display.php?selby=+where+maker%3D"Meindl"; > > Carl Bangs > Fenwick Parva Press > http://www.fenwickparva.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/carl%40fenwickparva.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
