Grenser Dresden

Germany, Ca. 1810

Stamp:

on all joints:
(crown)
H.GRENSER
I

Addition on butt-joint:
DRESDEN

Wood:

maple

Keys:

8 brass keys

Lenght:

129.5 cm

Details:

Extra wing-joint.

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:

91