Corno Inglese Italian

According to Williams, “a gentle 16' reed of the Krummhorn type, sometimes treble half only and found on secondary manuals ... found in organs by the Serassis and others”. The Serassi family made organs from 1730 to 1860.

Examples

Corno inglese 16' (treble), Concert; Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Tende, France; Serassi 1807 (restored 1971).

Corno inglese 16' (treble), Manual; Pieve di S. Stefano, Serravalle, Italy; Agati 1822.

Corno inglese 8' (from tenor C), Canto; Nostra Signora della Consolazione, Genova, Italy; Locatelli 1880.

Corno inglese 16' (treble), Manual; Nostra Signora della Consolazione, Genova, Italy; Locatelli 1879.

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