To Play or Not to Play
Corrosion of Historic Brass Instruments
Author(s)
von Steiger, Adrian
Allenbach, Daniel
Skamletz, Martin
Contributor(s)
Gartmann, Thomas (editor)
von Steiger, Adrian (editor)
Allenbach, Daniel (editor)
Collection
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)Language
EnglishAbstract
The present volume brings together the results of a multidisciplinary research project on corrosion inside historical brass instruments. In this SNSF-funded project Brass Instruments Between Preventive Conservation and Use in Historically Informed Performance, the Hochschule der Künste Bern collaborated with the Swiss National Museum, the Paul Scherrer Institute, the Institute for Building Materiales at ETH and Klingendes Museum Bern, among others. The results – here complemented with further contributions on the topic of conservation of brass instruments, especially in museum settings – have been presented at the Fourth International Romantic Brass Symposium (2017), organised together with the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Instruments and Music (CIMCIM). Musicological and organological questions meet chemical and physical analyses, which in turn are considered in terms of their manageability and practical relevance in the museum context.
Keywords
Brass instruments; Corrosion; Historically Informed Performance Practice; Material ResearchDOI
10.26045/kp64-6179ISBN
9783931264956, 9783931264956Publisher
Edition ArgusPublication date and place
Schliengen, 2023Classification
Brass instruments
Materials science
History of music