Extra Crooks:
All made from soldered sheet brass.
Alto - £100
Tenor - £150
Bass - £250
My Curtals / Dulcians are based on instruments from various collections - the smaller instruments from the MIM Brussels, and larger ones from the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Grassi Museum Leipzig & Merano.
I use locally sourced sycamore for most of my curtals.
Basses can be ordered with a sling hook ring.
Alto in F
Based on an instrument in the MIM Brussels marked 'Melchor'.
Also available with 2 interchangeable bells; open after Brussels, gedackt after Berlin.
A=440 or 465
£1500 as the original.
£1700 with interchangeable bells.
Tenor in C
Based on an instrument in the MIM Brussels marked 'Melchor'.
Also available with 2 interchangeable bells; open after Brussels, gedackt after Berlin.
A=440 or 465
£1800 as the original.
£2000 with interchangeable bells.
Linz Bass in F
A=465: This is a very close copy of an instrument (MU34) in the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz which has three 'moth marks' indicating that it is most likely made by the Bassano family.
The upbore is large and it has a very resonant sound. The original has 2 vent holes, one near the shoulder on the side and another at the back half way up the bell.
I offer this model in two styles:
1: Open bell with no vent.
2: Gedackt bell with vent.
A=440: This is a scaled version of the same instrument and is available only with an open bell.
£2750
Alto in f, Linz bass & tenor in C at A=440
Alto in f & tenor in C at A=440
A=465 Linz Bassano Bass
Gedackt bell option for A=465 Linz Bassano Bass
Quint-Bass in Bb
This is based on an instrument (MU217) in the Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz. The bell is at the same level with the crook socket and is covered with a pierced brass plate.
It plays a fifth below the bass so the lowest note is F and has a range of 2 octaves plus.
A direct copy works exceptionally well at A=465 and scaling down to 440 also gives excellent results.
I make this instrument in two parts for ease of transport.
A=440 or 465.
£4000
Quint-Bass Dulcian
Gedackt bell on the Quint-Bass Dulcian
Key cover options for bass curtals
l-r: Plain, Radial, Standard
Denner Gedackt Bass / Choristfagott in F
Based on instruments marked I.C.Denner D in three collections; Leipzig, Nuremberg & Merano. It has an ornate gedackt bell which is removable. The front key is also elaborate with a pierced heart shape in the middle.
As the bell is removable I supply this instrument with a second open bell making this a very versatile instrument.
There is a choice of open bell. First is my standard open bell similar to the Berlin bass & Spanish instruments. The second is a large open bell based on a bell in Hamburg.
A=440 or 465
£3000
Denner Choristfagott
Denner Choristfagott - Front Key
Denner Choristfagott - Bell
Bell Options for Denner Choristfagott
l-r: Original Gedackt, Standard open, large open
Alto Dulcian with gedackt bell option