Technical drawings – wind instruments

Full size technical drawings, of woodwind and brasswind instruments suitable for building copies of the originals, are available on paper or (for some) plastic. Included in the price of each drawing are photographs and data sheets as described.

Where playing pitches have been indicated by the person who prepared the drawing, these are included in this list. In other cases, the playing pitches recorded in the Catalogue of the Collection have been used in this list.

Photograph views are described from a position facing the player.

Woodwind

Descant recorder in C. Haka, Amsterdam, c 1680: Van Eyck style hand flute. (Inv no 1037)
C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection. A4 = 443 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; right.

Treble recorder in F. Van Heerde, Amsterdam, c 1720. (Inv no 257)
Rendall Collection. A4 = 415-422 Hz. Drawn by Martin Wenner, 1986. Four sheets. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; right; top, disassembled.

Voice flute. Bradbury, England, c 1720. (Inv no 2491)
A4 = 405 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Tenor recorder in C. Possibly by the Bassano family of Venice and London, c 1520 - c 1610. (Inv no 3921)
A4 = 440 Hz. Drawn by Tom Lerch, 2001. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, without fontanelle; bottom.

C Piccolo in B-flat. Astor & Co., London, p 1799. 4 keys. (Inv no 1231)
Glen Collection. A4 = 435 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: top, disassembled.

Fife. Anon, c 1800. Boxwood. (Inv no 4)
Glen Collection. A4 = 430 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: top.

Flute. Rippert, Paris, c 1690. 1 key. (Inv no 42-68ak)
Glen Collection. Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries. A4 = 395 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1979 and 1986. One sheet. Photographs: available only from Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries.

Flute. Bizey, Paris, c 1720. 1 key, dark stained wood. (Inv no 12)
Glen Collection. A4 = 392 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Flute. Bizey, Paris, c 1740. 1 key, ivory. (Inv no 11)
Rendall Collection. A4 = 417 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Flute. Urquhart, c 1750. 1 key. (Inv no 3370)
Glen Collection. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh. A4 = 423 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Photographs: available only from the National Museums of Scotland.

Flute. Villars, Paris, c 1765. 1 key, boxwood. (Inv no 15)
Rendall Collection. A4 = 415 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1987. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Flute. Potter, London, c 1780. 1 key, stained boxwood. (Inv no 17)


Rendall Collection. A4 = 420 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: top, disassembled.

Flute. Clementi, London, c 1803. 4 keys, dark stained wood. (Inv no 1536)
Mickleburgh Collection. A4 = 435 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Flute. Rudall & Rose, London, 1837-47. 8 keys, cocus. (Inv no 592)
Dick Collection. A4 = 440. Drawn as a one-key flute (for use as a model for folk-music instruments) by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: top, disassembled.

G Bass Flute in F. Caleb Gedney, London, c 1760. 1 key, stained boxwood. (Inv no 60)
A4 = 415 Hz. Drawn by Jean-François Beaudin, 1986. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. T. Stanesby Sr, London, c 1700. 3 keys. (Inv no 62)
Rendall Collection. A4 = 409-415 Hz. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1988. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. Anon., c 1710. 2 keys, dark wood inlaid with ivory. (Inv no 1033)
C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection. A4 = 428 Hz. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1988. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. T. Stanesby Sr, London, c 1730. 2 keys. (Inv no 3321)
Shaw-Hellier Collection. A4 = 410 Hz. Drawn by Tetsu Ito, 1998. Three sheets. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. H.C. Tölcke, Brunswick, c 1750. 2 keys. (Inv no 927)
C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection. A4 = 425-430 Hz. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1988. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. Anon, probably England, c 1760. 2 keys. (Inv no 63)
Langwill Collection. A4 = 415 Hz. Drawn by Tetsu Ito, 1998. Three sheets. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. T. Collier, London, c 1770. 2 keys. C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection. (Inv no 942)
A4 = 420-430 Hz. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1988. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. Bland & Weller, London, c 1795. 2 keys, straight top model. (Inv no 1031)
C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection. A4 = 420-430 Hz. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1988. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. W. Milhouse, London, c 1805. 2 keys. (Inv no 2003)
Kilravock Castle Collection. A4 = 425-430 Hz. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1988. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Oboe. Johann Friedrich Floth, Dresden, 1807. 8 keys. (Inv no 3863)
A4 = c 425-435 Hz. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1992, revised 2000. Four sheets. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: top; top, disassembled.

Vox Humana. T. Collier, London, c 1770. 2 keys, stained boxwood. (Inv no 1713)
Glen Collection. Drawn by Dick Earle, 1988. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top; top, disassembled.

Clarinet in A. Kaspar Tauber, Vienna, c 1810. originally 5 keys, boxwood. (Inv no 4779)
A4 = c 435 Hz. Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection. Drawn by Melanie Piddocke, 2011. One sheet. Drawing price includes 4 sheets of medium-resolution photographs.

Bellows-blown reel-pipes. Alexander Glen, Edinburgh, mid 19th century. (Inv no 6120)
Andreas Hartmann-Virnich Collection. Drawn by David Bateman, 2013. 18 sheets. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs.


Brasswind

Trompe Dauphine [hunting horn] in D (Le Brun, Paris, 1721). (Inv no 2161)
Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2008. Three drawings sheets, three colour-printed sheets with medium-resolution photographs and data.

Natural horn in D (Nicholas Winkings, London, c 1760). (Inv no 2492)
Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2008. Three drawings sheets, four colour-printed sheets with medium-resolution photographs and data.

Orchestral hand horn, master crook and four couplers. John Christopher Hofmaster, London, c 1760. (Inv no 3297)
Shaw-Hellier Collection. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2003. Four drawings sheets, two sheets of medium-resolution photographs, four data sheets.

Orchestral hand horn, master crook and couplers (W. Sandbach, London, 1810-1830). (Inv no 203)
ex- Cornelius O'Brien. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2008. Three drawings sheets, six colour-printed sheets with medium-resolution photographs and data.

Orchestral hand horn with terminal crooks (Kretzschmann, Strasbourg, c 1830). (Inv no 531)
ex- Reginald Morley-Pegge collection. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2008. Two drawings sheets, eight colour-printed sheets with medium-resolution photographs and data.

Cornett. Anon., 17th century ?. (Inv no 3189)
ex- C.W. Monk Collection, ex-P.A.T. Bate Collection. A4 = c 465 Hz. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 1993. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: top.

Trumpet in E-flat. Probably England, early 18th century. with two crooks. (Inv no 3284)
Shaw-Hellier Collection. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2000. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: left side; bows, full size.

Trumpet in E-flat. Winkings, London, mid 18th century. (Inv no 3282)
Shaw-Hellier Collection. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2000. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: left side; bows, full size; portion of bell garland in overlapping segments, three photographs show complete garland.

Trumpet in E-flat. John Christian Hofmaster, London, c 1760. (Inv no 3280)
Shaw-Hellier Collection. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 2000. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: left side; left side with associated banner; ball, two views; portion of bell garland in overlapping segments, three photographs show complete garland.

Trumpet in D. Joseph Huschauer, Vienna, 1794. (Inv no 3247)
ex- Willi Burger Collection. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 1994. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: left side; portion of bell garland in overlapping segments, three photographs show complete garland.

Tenor trombone. Anton Schnitzer, Nuremberg, 1594. (Inv no 2695)
Drawn by Raymond Parks, 1994. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: quarter top/left; quarter front/top/left; quarter back/top/left; portion of bell garland in overlapping segments, six photographs show complete garland; bell stay; bell section ferrule.

Tenor trombone. Joseph Huschauer, Vienna, 1794. (Inv no 3205)
ex- Willi Burger Collection. Drawn by Raymond Parks, 1994. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photograph: quarter top/left.

Tenor trombone. François Riedlocker, Paris, c 1810. (Inv no 3534)
Drawn by Raymond Parks, 1997. One sheet. Drawing price includes medium-resolution photographs: quarter top/left; quarter front/left; bell mouth interior.