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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.

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