"Cor anglais, nominal pitch: F"

Cor anglais, nominal pitch: F | Triébert | Circa 1825

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The curved cor anglais was made from a straight piece of wood. The bore was drilled and the curve was the made with a series of V-shaped cuts along the inside. The instrument is covered in leather which protects the glued joints and disguises the workmanship. . It is tooled with festoons and stars in gold leaf at each end of the two sections. On the upper and middle sections an inscription has been tooled in the leather in gold leaf: barbican-tower motif / “TRIEBERT / A PARIS”. The same marking is stamped on the bell, which is bare wood stained to match the leather. Lent by J.W.Phillips. (Shaw-Hellier Collection).

English horn

Triébert

Paris

Europe

France

Western Europe

Instrument Data

Instrument Information

Title

Cor anglais, nominal pitch: F

Accession Number

3322

Collection

MIMEd; Shaw-Hellier Collection

Date Information

Date Made

Circa 1825

Period

19th century; 1820s; 1830s

Gallery Information

Gallery

Wolfson Gallery

Case

Woodwind case 2

Maker Information

Maker Name

Triébert (estab. 1810)

Maker Biography

The Triébert workshop was established in Paris in 1810 by Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Triébert (1770-1838) who hailed form Hesse where he had trained as a cabinet maker. Within a year he was granted French citizenship. In 1834, his oboes were considered by the Paris Exhibition jury to be superior to all the others there ¬– he was universally recognised as the outstanding oboe maker of his time. His sons and successors, Charles Louis (1810-1867) and Frédéric (1813-1878) were, respectively, a professional oboist and teacher but responsible for much of the firm’s technical innovations, and a metal engraver who also studied oboe.

Made In

City

Paris

Country

France

Description

Technical Description

Technical description: Probably maple with brass keys and wide (width c 20mm) ivory ferrules at crook well and sockets, there is also a narrow bell ring in ivory. The instrument is constructed with an overall curve and the upper and middle sections are covered with black leather which has ornamental tooling of festoons and stars in gold leaf at each end of the two sections. The bell is bare wood which has been stained black to match the leather. There is no onion shaped baluster at the top of the instrument.

10 keys

L0: 8.
L1: T.
L2: T.
L3: TT.
L4: G♯.
R0: low B; ring to take sling.
R1: T, B♭; C.
R2: T.
R3: T; F.
R4: low C; F♯; C♯; E♭.

Keymount type: Brass pillars.
Keyhead type: Saltspoon.

Signature/Marks: On the upper and middle sections an inscription has been tooled in the leather in gold leaf: barbican motif / "TRIEBERT / A PARIS". The same marking has been stamped on the bell.

Repair History: A small vent hole in the bell, opposite the low B hole, has been stopped.

Provenance

Formerly on loan to the Collection. ; Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government in 2025 from the estate of John William Phillips and allocated to The Musical Instrument Collection, University of Edinburgh

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