Objekt 10
Basse de musette
Description
As to the maker of this Basse de Musette, it is known that two Jeanneret brothers made instruments in La Chaux-du-Milieu in the Neuchâtel Jura, near Le Locle, which were intended primarily for use in the Protestant church.
Object description
J. Jeanneret (workshop before 1764–after 1786)
La Chaux-du-Milieu (NE), before 1777
The instrument comes from the monastery of Mariastein. Maple, stained brown; brass (crook, keys)
Pirouette new (boxwood, Inv. 1973.294., made by Stefan Brockelmann, Basel) five keys
L. 817 mm (without crook and pirouette)
Purchase
lnv. 1877.40.
D. H / J777 (carved)/ I. IR (stamped Insignia, lever of the lowest key)