RENAISSANCE SCHNITZER TENOR SACKBUT IN Bb (a=440)

after Anton Schnitzer the Elder, Nuremberg 1579 
Original: Accademia Filarmonica, Verona

HISTORIC MODEL

Instrument in brass; bell entirely hand hammered; brass slides, with chrome plating on request; all tubing except slides and sleeves made from hammered sheet metal with soldered seam according to historical examples; sleeves, garland and bell stay decorated and silver plated; the instrument is burnished by hand according to historical methods before it is polished.

MDC MODEL
Instrument in brass, richly decorated; bell entirely hand hammered; brass slides; all tubing except slides and sleeves made from hammered Nuremberg brass sheet metal with soldered seam according to historical examples; garland hand engraved; sleeves, garland and bell stay decorated and silver plated; flat bell stay riveted; slide stay soldered, hinged on the bass sackbut, all the remaining connections glued; the instrument is burnished by hand according to historical methods before it is polished.