Objekt 5
Shelf by Caspar Humpel, 1691
Object description
Caspar Humpel (1669-1728)
Wilten near Innsbruck, 1691, dated
Caspar Humpel Orglmacher zu Wilthau negst InsBrugg Anni 1691 (handwritten, case, inside of cover board; windbox inside, top)
Walnut with fine profiles (case); rosewood (covering lower keys); plum wood with ebony covering (upper keys); brass (pipes and reeds)
two wedge bellows, not belonging, horizontally behind the instrument
playable; restoration 1983 (Hans J. Füglister, Grimisuat s. Sion)
Range C - c3 (45 keys, short bass octave)
one stop (8')
Pitch a1 = 415 Hz; tuning medium tone
H. 245 mm; w. 720 mm; d. 344 mm (case); key size 500 mm; octave size 167 mm
Gift Dr. h.c. Paul Sacher, Pratteln. Lobeck Collection Inv. no. 1956.643.