Tart oil
The Tartölt ( Tartöld ) is a double reed instrument of the Renaissance , similar to a Rankett and with a brightly painted metal play tube in the shape of a dragon. Only a single set of five instruments has survived.
description
The cylindrical brass tube is embedded in a spiral shape in a housing that is designed in the shape of a dragon. The instrument has seven finger holes and one thumb hole. The dragon's mouth serves as a sound port. At the tail of the kite is the attachment for receiving the double reed that has not been preserved. The body is painted red, green and gold.
The instruments originally come from the collection in Schloss Ambras in Innsbruck and are now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna . The set consists of two treble and alto instruments and one bass instrument. In an inventory from 1596 they are described as "Tortölt, shaped like a Drackhen". They were probably intended for performances.
literature
- Willi Apel: Harvard dictionary of music . 2nd Edition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. [ua] 1972, p. 834.
- Anthony Baines: The Oxford companion to musical instruments . Oxford University Press, New York 1992, ISBN 0-19-311334-1 , pp. 377-378.
- Howard Mayer Brown: Tart oil. In: Grove Music Online , 2001
Web links
- Wind instruments: tartölt. Kunsthistorisches Museum (Internet Archive)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alois Primisser : "The Imperial and Royal Ambraser Collection, Vienna 1819. P. 218.
- ^ Francis W. Galpin: A Textbook of European Musical Instruments - Their Origin, History and Character. New York 1956, p. 192.
- ^ Willi Apel: Harvard dictionary of music . 2nd Edition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. [ua] 1972, p. 834.