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C. F. SCHMIDT, Weimar
£4,900.00
SOLD
Maker: C.F. SCHMIDT, Weimar, Germany
Model: Full double with piston change valve, an alternative
piston valve and an alternative main tuning slide with
a manual rotary valve for hand stopping.
Mr Jonathan Ring of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the
renowned Schmidt historian, reports that this horn is quite a late C.F.
Schmidt, built by Schmidt's successor Johannes Kirchberg sometime
post WWII, probably in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Kirchberg, who began his apprenticeship with Schmidt in Weimar in
1890, was the final owner of C.F. Schmidt until his death in 1961.
The horn is currently in F/Bb, but the alternative
piston change valve gives Bb/F.
Apart from a few very small dings in the bell flare,
the horn is in very good original condition,
with excellent compression in all the valves.
Its playing is superb over the entire range, with
great 'blowing freedom' on the F side,
so that the Bb side can be reserved for the top
octave+, in traditional German style.
It comes in its original Schmidt wooden case,
lined with green baize.
The photos can be viewed in greater detail
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Halstead Music acts as an agent only,
accepting no responsibility as a principal.
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