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Antik Flabiol - España en Barcelona
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This is the analysis of your flabiol by one of the most important experts on Catalan traditional instruments.
Luthier Francesc-Pere España established his own workshop in Barcelona around 1830. He also traded in wind instruments; these were usually French-made, although some were produced in his own workshop. All of them, however, bore the mark “España en Barcelona.”
At some point, probably no earlier than the mid-1840s, España brought the Swiss wind-instrument maker Schmidt to Barcelona. According to the research of Josep Borràs, Schmidt worked for him for several years before setting up on his own. Instruments known or preserved by Schmidt include tenores (Catalan shawms), clarinets, transverse flutes, oboes, and flabiols; all of them are very finely crafted.
Schmidt, a contemporary of André Turon, died in Barcelona in 1875; España died in 1877, and it is not known whether the business continued for long after his death.
This flabiol, therefore, may date from before 1877.
Flabiol maker Pere Jordà-Manaut has managed to estimate the instrument’s actual dimensions based on the information available.
Comparing the dimensions and workmanship of this instrument with known examples from the period, it does not appear to be the work of Schmidt, nor, probably, of the Turon family either (although confirming this would require direct examination of the instrument’s interior and other features). We therefore do not know who might have made it; we only know that the materials are excellent, the craftsmanship is very refined, and that the instrument appears to be in good condition. Moreover, it is a flabiol for a left-handed musician: its keys are placed in order to be played with the right hand. This is a sign that it was probably a specific commission, therefore more carefully crafted even that a usual or standard instrument.
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