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1 Christian Ahrens, 'Metallic Mutes Used in the Eighteenth Century', Galpin Society Journal 60, (2007), pp.221-24.
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Notes & Queries 323
from 1800) of the French horn player Fr?d?ric
Duvernoy (see illustration: ? Biblioth?que nationale |__H9_^_H^B__^_______?i?9^:^ -:i-^: J^^^^^^^^t^^^^M^^B^^ftB^^^^W^
de France. Photo Jean-Marc Angles). Duvernoy is shown
with his cor solo having a giant mute fixed in the bell
without being supported by the player. It could well be
a mute of a similar kind to the one in the documents
from Gotha.
At least as important as the information about
the mute itself is the confirmation of approval of the
metalworker's services, and the necessity of those
services. Repairs of musical instruments of the court
chapel were usually confirmed by the concertmaster
or chapel-master, but in this case a higher official
(the privy councillor) took care of it. His statement I??V_______________________________bP^^^ ^ i_____________________________B
2 There were many at that time in Gotha; see Christian Ahrens, 'The Inventory of the Gotha Court Orchestra in
1750', Galpin Society Journal 60 (2007), pp.37-44.
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