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			Now here is a really important thing, the brass/"bronze" haquebut barrel cast in Nuremberg in ca. 1535 for Ulrich von Schellenberg.The authentic 16th century term for the kind of copper alloy used was brass (German: Messing).
 
 Contrary to what the catalog description stated, it is by no means a completely preserved "haquebut", and cannot compare to the uniqe Doppelter Doppelhaken, Nuremberg, ca. 1515-20, preserved in
 The Michael Trömner Collection,
 and even retaining its original ramrod.
 
 
 Attachments, from top:
 - haquebuts with brass barrels (Messing hagkenpuchsen) in one of the arsenals of Maximilian I, ca. 1507
 
 - the finely preserved haquebut wall gun in the autor's collection
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
				 Last edited by Matchlock; 11th October 2014 at 07:29 PM.
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