Graessel oboe d'amore

[Rudy]

I recently acquired a Graessel oboe d'amore. I'd like to learn when the instrument was built. The dark brown (not black as usually Grenadilla) instrument is marked "G.Graessel Nuernber 0757". The oboe d'amore plays very nicely.

Geoffrey Stein
Clarksville, New York, U.S.A.

[Dr. Enrico Weller]

Dear Geoffrey Stein,

serial numbers of the Graessel workshop in Nürnberg are not well and chronological defined.
Between 1946 and 1984 Fritz Graessel made Oboe d’amore and English Horns with the numbers 0691-0952.

Here my source:
Bär, Frank P.: Verzeichnis der europäischen Musikinstrumente im Germanischen Nationalmuseum Nürnberg. Band 5. Klarinetten normaler und höherer Stimmlage mit 10 und mehr Klappen. Beschreibender Katalog, Wilhelmshaven: Noetzel, 2004, S. 18-25 (Die Nürnberger Werkstatt für Holzblasinstrumentenbau Georg und Fritz Graeßel).

You can contact GNM (Germanisches National-Museum Nürnberg) for further information.

Best wishes
Enrico Weller

[Rudy]

Dr. Enrico Weller,

Thank you very much for sending Graessel oboe d'amore serial numbers. It's good to know about the Frank P. Baer "Verzeichnis". And at your suggestion, I'll contact the Germanisches National-Museum Nuernberg for additional information.

Geoffrey Stein