Dulcians in the Musikinstrumenten Museum, Leipzig

Musikinstrumenten Museum Täubschenweg 2c D-04103 Leipzig Germany

Tel: +49 341 2142120 Fax: +49 341 2142135 Email: musik.museum@uni-leipzig.de Web: www.uni-leipzig.de/museum/musik

The Musikinstrumenten Museum in Leipzig contains two dulcians:

• Nr. 1360. A gedackt bass dulcian by Johann Christoph Denner, length 942 mm, maple.
• Nr. 1361. An open quart bass dulcian. Length of about 1300 mm. Keys for "F" and "D", note names as if it was a bass dulcian.

Nr. 1360	Bell of nr. 1360
Nr. 1361	Bell of nr. 1361

Literature:

• Maggie Kilbey. Curtal, Dulcian, Bajon: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon, 2002.

Remarks and comment to: Hans Mons

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Last updated on 22 December 2002