Rainer Egger (instrument maker)

Rainer Egger (* 1947) is a Swiss brass instrument maker from Basel who has specialized in the reproduction of historical, especially baroque brass instruments .

Among other things, his successful replica of the Reiche Horn became known in 2005 , which today gives baroque musicians access to this lost instrument, for which Johann Sebastian Bach wrote several particularly virtuoso trumpet movements. Egger not only copied old instruments, but also remedied some of their disadvantages in handling and playability through manufacturing or mechanical improvements. This has contributed in no small part to the growing international popularity of historical performance practice .

Web links

Website of Blechblas-Instrumentenbau Egger

Individual evidence

↑ Egger. In: Elisa Koehler: A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2015, p. 55 ( limited preview in Google book search).
↑ In search of old sounds. BZ portrait: The Basel brass instrument maker Rainer Egger. In: Badische Zeitung . September 26, 2008, accessed September 22, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Egger, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss brass instrument maker
DATE OF BIRTH	1947

[1] Egger. In: Elisa Koehler: A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2015, p. 55 ( limited preview in Google book search).

[2] In search of old sounds. BZ portrait: The Basel brass instrument maker Rainer Egger. In: Badische Zeitung . September 26, 2008, accessed September 22, 2016.