Images from The Pressler Gallery

Left: NMM 3600. Trumpet by Johann Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1690-1710.   Engraved on bell garland: [hare running to the left] / I W HAAS, Fec. Noriberg /.  Board of Trustees, 1985.

Center: NMM 3873. Trumpet by Paul Hainlein, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1666.  Engraved on bell garland: MACHT PAVL / HAINLEIN / [hen facing left, sitting on nest] / P. H. / IN NVRNBERG / ANNO 1666. Composite trumpet probably made from remnants of two or more period instruments; original bell. Board of Trustees, 1985.

Right: NMM 3601. Trumpet by Johann Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1710-1720.     Engraved on bell garland: I W H / [hare running to left] / IOHANN / WILHELM / HAAS / NURNBERG. Garland decorated with cast angels and scallop design in repoussé. Board of Trustees, 1985.

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Nürnberg was a great center for metal-working of all kinds, as evidenced by the magnificent bell garland of the NMM 3601, trumpet by Johann Wilhelm Hass, ca. 1710-1720. Note the cast angels and scallop design in repoussé, as well as the rabbit (Hase is the German word for hare) which is the Haas family symbol. Unlike the engraving shown here, the rabbit looks back over his shoulder (to the right) on instruments made by Hass' son and the grandson.

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