Grenser Dresden

Germany, Ca. 1800

Stamp:

on all joints:
(Saxon swords)
GRENSER

Extra on butt-joint:
DRESDEN

Wood:

maple

Keys:

7 rectangular box wood keys

Lenght:

126 cm

Details:

Swallowtail low F key.
Middle C sharp key added later.

Grenser, Heinrich
b.1764-d.1813

Was apprenticed to his uncle Karl Augustin from 1779 until 1786, and took over his workshop . He became renowned for his bassoons, the so-called “ Dresdner Fagotte”. He enlarged the bore and holes, changed the conus and made the instrument a little longer.

Bibliography:

Kläbe 1796
Haymann 1809
Fröhlich 1829
Heyde 1979/86
Young 1982/93
Langwill 1993

Collection ID:

38