Instruments in the Department

Harpsichords

• Bruce Kennedy (2006) after Colmar Ruckers
• Bruce Kennedy (2008) after Mietke
• Cornelis Bom (1996) after Guisti
• J.C.van Rossum (1996) after Leipzig Instrument Museum No.75
• Malcolm Rose (2018) after anon. French (1665)
• Tony Chinnery (2018) after Ferrini
• Fabrizio Acanfora (2009) after Ruckers
• Christian Fuchs (2009) Double virginals (Mother and child) after Ruckers 1623
• Marc Ducornet (1993) after French models
• Gerrit Klinkhamer (1995) after Franco-german models
• further instruments by Schwabe (2), Zuckermann, Hubbard, Renate Ammer (2)

Clavichords

• Burkhard Zander - 5 Octaves after Friderici, 18th cent., unfretted
• Karin Richter - 4 Octaves, fretted after Pisaurensis 1543 (Leipzig Instrument Museum No.1)

Organ

• Gerrit Klop 1995  8'4'2' Quint, Regal

Fortepianos

• Ulrich Weymar - fortepiano after Silbermann
• Neupert - fortepiano after Dulcken
• J. Bösendorfer, Wien, 1839

Recorders

• Renaissance Consorts by Bob Marvin and LiVirghi
• Voice flute by Morgen/Ronimus
• Renaissance tenor by Monika Musch
• Paetzold recorders - Basset in f and c, Contrabass in F and C

Transverse flutes

• Renaissance traverso consort (440 Hz) after instruments of the Accademia filarmonica by Giovanni Tardino
• Traverso (392/415 Hz) after I.H. Rottenburgh by Folkers & Powell
• Traverso (392/415 Hz) after Denner by Folkers & Powell
• Traverso (415 Hz) after G.A. Rottenburgh by Rudolf Tutz
• one-keyed traverso (430 Hz) after August Grenser by Rudolf Tutz
• eight-keyed traverso (430 Hz) after Heinrich Grenser by Rudolf Tutz
• nine-keyed traverso (430-440 Hz) after Wilhelm Liebel by Fridtjof Aurin

Violins and bows

• Treble violin 16th century, copy of the instrument in the cathedral Freiberg, made by Hans Salger, Bremen 2004
• Violin consort of five early baroque instruments after Amati: two violins, alto viola, tenor viola and violoncello, made by Federico Lowenberger, Genova 2000

• Violin, saxon origin, circa 1800
• Violin, south german craft, 18th century
• Violin by Hopf (brand stamp)
• Violin, north bohemian craft, second half of 18th century
• Violin by André Mehler, copy after Jacob Stainer, Absam 1679
• Viola by Bastian Muthesius, Berlin 1994 

Bows:

early baroque

• Two bows, model ca. 1630, by Hagen Schiffler, larch wood, 2009
• Two bows by Hans Salger, snakewood, 2000
• Model „Biber“ by Antonino Airenti, Genova 2014 

baroque

• Two bows by Hans Salger, snakewood, 2000
• Type „JT 078“ (end of 17th / beginning of 18th century) by Antonino Airenti, 2014
• Five bows, modified model „JT 078“ (middle of 18th century), Antonino Airenti, 2011
• Two copies of a bow from Giuseppe Tartini, by Antonino Airenti, Genova 2009 / 2014
• Several bows by K. Krutzsch and J. Zelba 

classical

• Two bows by A. D. Latour, 2001
• Copy after James Dodd, by Antonino Airenti, 2004

Violoncelli and bows

baroque

• violoncello, Federico Löwenberger, 2001 (17th century, diapason 27.4 in)
• violoncello, Viktor Koos, 2010 (five strings, diapason 26.5 in)
• basse de violon, Viktor Koos, 2011 (diapason 29.6 in)
• violoncello, Tilman Muthesius, 2015 (18th century, four or five strings, model L. Widhalm, Nuremberg, approx. 1720, diapason 24.5 in)
• violoncello, Bastian Muthesius, 1992 (model A. Amati, Cremona 1617, diapason 26.8 in)
• violoncello, Viktor Koos, 2011 (18th century, diapason 27 in)

• bow, Jiří Zelba, 1994
• bow, Konstantin Krutzsch, 1998
• bow, Antonino Airenti, 2002
• bow, Edward von Baelen, 2012 (Grassistr.)
• late baroque bow, anonymous, [2014]

• early classical bow, anonymous, [2014] (model W. Cramer)
• bow, Antonino Airenti, 2006

For further information about violoncelli click here

Viols da gamba and bows

renaissance

• alto viol, Henner Harders, 2017 (in a, diapason 19.7 in)
• alto viol, Henner Harders, 2017 (in G, diapason 20.9 in)
• bass viol, Henner Harders, 2017 (in D, diapason 29.9 in)
• violone, Henner Harders, 2017 (in A, diapason 36.2 in)

• treble bow, Robert Foster, 2008
• alto bow, Robert Foster, 2008
• alto bow, Henner Harders, 2017
• alto bow, Henner Harders, 2017
• bass bow, Robert Foster, 2008
• bass bow, Henner Harders, 2017
• violone bow, Robert Foster, 2008
• violone bow, Henner Harders, 2017

baroque

• treble viol, Hans Zölch, 1993
• alto viol, "Jansen", 1995
• bass viol, Jose Lius, 2001 (seven strings)
• bass viol, Heinrich Theodore Heberlein (III), [1969] (six strings)
• violone, Emmo Koch (in G, six strings)
• violone / double bass, Federico Löwenberger, approx. 2001 (five strings)

• treble bow, André Klaassen, 1995
• treble bow, Hermann Richard Pfretzschner, [1985] (Grassistr.)
• alto bow, Eduardo Gorr, 2006
• bass bow, Jiří Zelba, 1994
• bass bow, Fausto Cangelosi, 1998
• bass bow, Eduardo Gorr, 2007
• violone bow, Antonino Airenti, 2008 

Dulcians and bassoons

renaissance

• alto dulcian, Guntram Wolf, 2008 (in f, 440 Hz, sycamore, 2 keys)
• 2 tenor dulcians, Guntram Wolf, 2008 (in C, 440 Hz, sycamore, 2 keys)
• bass dulcian, Guntram Wolf, 2008 (440 Hz, sycamore, 2 keys, model "Linz")

baroque

• bassoon, Mathew Dart, 1993
• bassoon, Guntram Wolf, ca.2005

classical

• bassoon, Guntram Wolf, 1995

Lutes / Theorboes 

•  9 course Renaissance lute in g, after Laux Maler, Joseph Kreisel, Oberzeitlbach 2017
• 14 course Theorbo/Chitarrone in a , after Christopher Hoch, Martin Hurttig, Leipzig 2018