CD 100
Musical Instruments in the Ferdinandeum 7
The side-blown flute (Traversfl öte) built by Franz Krismer (1790-1847) around 1825 is his only musical instrument so far for which there is documentary evidence. Krismer had his workshop in Innsbruck. His name appears from 1825 on in the baptismal records of St Jakob’s parish church in Innsbruck, where he is listed as a master wood turner; in the death register of 1847 he is listed as a mechanic and wood turner of this city. In any case the broad range of his craftsmanship also included the making of musical instruments. This hitherto sole surviving side-blown fl ute is preserved almost in its original state. Before the recording for this CD was made, the Innsbruck instrument maker Rudolf Tutz simply cleaned the fl ute, sealed it and replaced the F lever. Krismer’s Traversfl öte is a typical instrument of the Biedermeier period and obviously influenced by Viennese models, which shows particularly in the shape of the mouth-hole. The fl ute is made of light boxwood and has six open holes. Four other holes are fitted with brass keys, three of them in the position known as Bocklagerung and one in Wulstlagerung. All fi ve parts of the instrument bear the signature of Krismer/Innsbruck, below it the Tyrolean eagle with a little wreath. The fl ute’s range extends from d’ to c’’’’, the tuning pitch is a’ = 435 Hz. This valuable instrument, especially so because of its excellent state of preservation, was donated to the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in 1972 by Prof. Dr. Walter Senn. The works by the Tyrolean composers Michael Sebastian Pegger (1806 - after 1883) and Johann Baptist Gänsbacher (1778-1844) on this CD are approximately contemporary with Krismer’s flute.
Track 1, 1:05
Vier Ländler
Michael Sebastian Pegger (1806-nach 1883)