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1917.31.34.3

Two strikers for xylophone 1917.31.34 .1 [MdeA 25/11/2008]

1917.31.34.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Two strikers for xylophone 1917.31.34 .1 [MdeA 25/11/2008]
Long description
Two strikers for xylophone 1917.31.34 .1 The case [.2] is of a light wood with incised decoration of musical notes and birds. The strikers [.3 & .4] are of dark rosewood to match the xylophone and are stored in the case in an old box originally for chocolates, they are padded with a red cloth. There are also several sheets of music and handwritten notes from music teacher to student, also a sheet of German music and a music book bound to look like leather. There are five straw sticks [.5 - .9] bound with red ribbon which the xylophone would sit on when being played. [FC 1/10/2008] The resonator [.10] is of a light wood with Pyrography decoration (front, sides and back of resonator) of musical notes, floral motifs, musical instruments and German script. [CAR 20/10/2008] The resonator has been decorated with Pyrography ['poker-work']- [Top of resonator] Xylophon Pall[??]ander Aus Holz. 300 Jahr Alt. [Pyrography - written around the edge of the resonator] Vögelein im Tannenwald pfeifet so süss pheifet den Wald aus und ein. Wo wird mein Schätzele sein? Beethoven Mozart Handel. Die Würl[?]burger Glöckli hab'n schönes Geläut. [Roughly translated as] - Xylophone Pall[??]ander, made of wood. 300 year old. Little bird in the pine forest sings so sweetly throughout the woods. Where will my sweetheart be? Beethoven Mozart Handel. [Unable to translate last sentence, could be old German or colloquial Austrian] [Translated by [JFK 20/10/2008], entered by [CAR 20/10/2008]]
Geographical reference
Austria
Europe > Western Europe > Austria
Tyrol Mittenwald
Cultural groups
Austrian
Tyrolean
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1917
Date collected
By 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 11/1917
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Gut, Material String, Material Straw Fibre Plant, Material Paper Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork, Process Carpentered, Process Tied, Process Twisted
Object numbers
Accession number: 1917.31.34.3 Accession number: 1917.31.34.4

Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Xylophone, Striker

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