Maker

Heinrich Gottfried Gehring (1762-1811)

Dated/City

c.1810 / Dresden

Descriptions

Boxwood, horn ferrules, Original grenadilla wood mouthpiece, twelve brass keys with flat round key covers, extendable e/b, f#/c# touch pieces; springs attached to keys mounted in blocks.

Full Marking

" (5-leaf clover) / (fleur-de-lis) / GEHRING /  B  / B "

Additional Marking

Length

 651 mm. / 584 mm. (without mouthpiece)

Provenance /

Ownership History

Ex. Coll. Mr. Hermann Schlanstedt (1883 - 1966),  Leipzig GERMANY

• wood mouthpiece cover by Ferdinand Schuller (1778-1857), Plauen (Prag) : " F.SCHULLER / -PLAUEN "
• wood mouthpiece by E.Neidhardt (18??), Leipzig : " E.NEIDHARDT / ZO (...)EN / + b/LEIPZIG + "