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Salzburg Stier Barrels at Utrecht Museum
By Ralph Schultz

Hi to all MMD people!  I recently returned from a European tour (only
a couple of days after the airplanes resumed flights following America's
disaster) and on my tour I made a stop at the Utrecht museum and was
speaking with Dr. Jan-Jaap Haspels once again.

He allowed me to enter the restoration shop to view the Salzburg Stier
barrels from the Hohensalzburg fortress.  I understand, from the lady
in charge of the restoration work, that the keys will be made new,
including the tips which now will be made of steel.  I believe the
original tips are of brass and do not last as long.  Also my
understanding is the stickers will be made new.

The pictures I send show an all-new fixture for holding the barrel in
proper position so the key frame can be located and get proper spacing
for the sticker guides.  The shop does not have the complete organ so
pictures and dimensions were given them, and so calculations and
fixturing are necessary.

There are three barrels: two of them are getting replaced completely
because the old originals are not sufficient any more; the original
barrels will be used for display.  The new barrels will have all of
Mozart's 12 original songs on them whereas the present barrel has only
nine.

At the end of the barrel on the left hand side (opposite of the worm
and worm wheel) is a brass ring.  On the ring is a larger block which
raises all the keys at the same time, giving the roar of the bull.

I was given only one half hour in the shop so I couldn't get all the
details, but I felt privileged to get in there for this much info.
Maybe someone else will follow up on it.

I got to Hohensalsburg fortress but didn't have sufficient time to go
through it.  Maybe some other time.

Ralph J. Schultz

 [ Ralph, thanks for the photo images.  I'll place them at the
 [ MMD Pictures site.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 28 Sep 2001, 22:19:15 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Barrels, Museum, Salzburg, Stier, Utrecht

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