by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Claviers-en
POSITIVE ORGAN French work, around 1900. Oak furniture in the style of Renaissance instruments. Older pipes. Electrified bellows, initially manual. A set of flutes and a half-nasard. Two wooden drones. Keyboard of three and a half octaves. F – G. 25 naturals...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
CLOWN Fiddle Kit violin designed and played by Wladyslaw SEGLA (1902-2007) Handwritten inside label: W. Ségla / Paris 1938. Cherry, mahogany, fir. W: 59.5cm Body width: 4.9 – 5.4cm. Painter of Polish origin, he was first a cabinetmaker and a musician in his country....
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Claviers-en
PYRAMIDAL PIANO Viennese making, circa 1820. Cherry veneer furniture. Original mechanics. Keyboard composed of 48 naturals, ebony and 28 sharps veneered with bone. 5 and a half octaves: F1 – C6 The instrument has not been restored. Width: 113.3cm. Depth: 52.8cm....
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
VIOLIN “DUIFOPRUGGAR” Attributed to Honoré DERAZEY, 1794-1883. The back, in two parts of curly maple, is surrounded by a double fillet and carved in low relief with floral motifs arranged at the top and at the four corners. The lower part is decorated with a large...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
BELL VIOLIN COUESNON, 94 rue d’Angoulême, PARIS. 1900. Invented in London by Johannes Matthias August STROH (Frankfort am Main, 1828 – London 1914) and patented in 1899, the “Strohviol” was played to facilitate sound recordings during recordings on wax...
