English version via the flag in the left column. No Kruspe wrap model, rather the standard Knopf double with a stopping valve added.
The descant is a compensating with the small loops on the top. This funny look is a first to me. The selection is much smaller than in their catalogue from some 80 years ago: Herbert Fritz Knopf pre-WWII catalogue scans provided in high resolution .pdf format - preface pages, descant horns, single Bb horns, single F horns, compensating double horns, full double horns, compensating Walzenhorn, and Wagner tubas: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterPublicPhotos20/files/Knopf%20pre-WWII%20catalogue%20scans/ or maybe better http://tinyurl.com/4ny46e Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre --- On Wed, 6/11/08, Richard V. West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Richard V. West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Hornlist] Knopf Horn Website > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 10:15 PM > Hi hornisti: > > I'm a fan of Knopf horns, so here's an alert to let > you know that Knopf > finally has a website listing their available instruments. > > http://www.knopf-horn.de/ > > It's in German. No English yet, apparently. Click > "Instrumente" to see > the instruments. It looks like they've added a Bb/F > descant horn to > their lineup, in addition to Knopf and Kruspe-wrap doubles, > one > compensating double, and a single Bb with stopping valve. > > Richard in Seattle _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
