Dulcians in the Brussels Instrumentenmuseum

Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) Hofberg 2 / Rue Montagne de la Cour 2 B1000 Brussel Belgium

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The Brussels Instrumentenmuseum contains 7 dulcians:

From left to right: M2330, Soprano, ebony, 342 mm long. Keys for c' and b. Spain? 1st half 17th c. M2329, (g-)Alto by Rodrigues Melchor, marked MELCHOR RS, maple, 430 mm long. Madrid, last 1/3 17th c. M2328, (f-)Alto by Melchor, marked MELCHOR RS, rosewood, 505 mm long. Madrid, last 1/3 17th c. M2327, Tenor by Melchor, marked MELCHOR RS, maple, 645 mm long. Madrid, last 1/3 17th c. M988, Bass, 986 mm long. Keys for F and D. South Germany? End 16th c.? Two dulcians are not shown here: M989, Bass, 986 mm long. Keys for F and D. Italy? First half 17th c. M990, a tenor marked HIER S, 645 mm long

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From left to right: M2330, Soprano. M2329, (g-)Alto by Melchor

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Literature:

• V.C. Mahillon, Catalogue Descriptive et Analytique du Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Brussels, 1880-1922, reprint 1978.
• Galpin Society Journal 1986 pp29-34. B. Kenyon de Pascual, A provisional checklist of Spanish 16th- and 17th-century curtals.
• Maggie Kilbey. Curtal, Dulcian, Bajon: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon, 2002.
  

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