Jagdhorn in G. Culture: German. Dimensions: Height (perpendicular to bell): 18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm)Diameter (of bell): 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm). Maker: Jacob Schmidt (German, Nürnberg 1642-1720). Date: ca. 1710-20.Jacob Schmid (1642-1720) was the founder of a trumpet-making workshop in Nuremberg, which flourished under his son Johann Jacob and grandson Paulus for about a century. So far, six instruments by Jacob Schmid are known to have survived, one natural trumpet, two trombones, and three horns, of which two are in the Museum's collection. The present horn is in original condition and marked with the inscription "MACHT IACOB SCHMIDT IN NURNBERG" and the master's sign, a bird with the monogram JS. The instrument, pitched in A-flat, is furnished with a metal ring for a leather strap and decorated with cast game animals applied to the garland. Both features indicate that the instrument was designed as a hunting horn and/or as a horn to be used in a Jagdcorps (hunting choir), where it was pla

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Jagdhorn in G. Culture: German. Dimensions: Height (perpendicular to bell): 18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm)Diameter (of bell): 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm). Maker: Jacob Schmidt (German, Nürnberg 1642-1720). Date: ca. 1710-20.Jacob Schmid (1642-1720) was the founder of a trumpet-making workshop in Nuremberg, which flourished under his son Johann Jacob and grandson Paulus for about a century. So far, six instruments by Jacob Schmid are known to have survived, one natural trumpet, two trombones, and three horns, of which two are in the Museum's collection. The present horn is in original condition and marked with the inscription "MACHT IACOB SCHMIDT IN NURNBERG" and the master's sign, a bird with the monogram JS. The instrument, pitched in A-flat, is furnished with a metal ring for a leather strap and decorated with cast game animals applied to the garland. Both features indicate that the instrument was designed as a hunting horn and/or as a horn to be used in a Jagdcorps (hunting choir), where it was pla

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