DescriptionTechnical description: Five pipes with square, leather-covered tenons, usable with chest (584a), with free reeds, (584d/1) and (584d/2,) two wooden pipes, square section, each with a wooden cap with a circular aperture, each with a single free reed. (584d/3,) (584d/4) and (584d/5,) three wooden pipes, square section, each with a hinged top section to allow access to reeds, each with four free reeds mounted in separate reed plates each with and four sliders.
(584d/3) only stamped "VON / C. APPUNN / & / SÖHNE" inside belt with "AKUSTISCHE APPARATE / IN HANAU". Stamped on respective reed plates, 585d/1 "ut"; (584d/3) "C", "E", "G", "C"; (584d/4) "B", "E", "G", "B"; (584d/5) "C", "E", "G", "C". Scratched beneath respective sliders in older script, (584d/3) "C", "E", "G", "C"; (584d/4) "C", "E", "G", "C"; (584d/5) "C", "E", "G", "C". Scratched beneath respective sliders in newer script, (584d/3) "C", "E", "G", "C" and "Highest note"; (584d/4) "B", "E", "G", "B"; (584d/5) "C", "E", "G", "C".
Repair History: Reed of (584d/2) missing; top section of (584d/5) missing; knob missing from one slider of (584d/3).
Usable pitch: (584d/1) sounds respectively 63.5 Hz; (584d/3) sounds respectively 256 Hz, 320 Hz, 385 Hz, 513 Hz; (584d/4) sounds respectively 63.5 Hz, 70.5 Hz, 95.5 Hz, 128.5 Hz; (584d/5) sounds respectively 257 Hz, 160 Hz, 191 Hz, 255 Hz.
Formerly used with pipe chest (584a) but possibly originally with another chest with bellows. |