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Fischnaller Skis ( with Marker M2S bindings)

Accession Number

1478.2019.1

Object Name

Fischnaller Skis ( with Marker M2S bindings)

Created

28/03/2019

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

28/03/2019

Brief Description

Pair of skis with Marker M2S bindings

Materials

aluminium, wood, plastic,

Dimensions

184(L) x 8(W) cms

Number Of Objects

1 pair

Inscription Description

"FLIGHT COMBI FISCHNALLER" on skis "F" on tip " "MARKER M2S" on bindings

Colour

brown, silver

Maker

Fischnaller

Object Production Place

Scotland

Provenance

Gustav Fischnaller seems to have arrived in Scotland around 1965 from his native Austria. Skiing was his forte and he pretty soon had his own ski school operating at the newly developed Glenshee Ski Centre. We’re not sure exactly when, but roundabout the same time, he started making skis in a wee workshop in Braemar. Interestingly, another Austrian, Leopold Vielhaber, was also making skis in Birnham, Perthshire about the same time. Whether or not they colluded we are not sure.
Fischnaller was very active in the Scottish Ski scene back then, so active in fact that he nearly died when trying out the new craze of uphill skiing with parachutes. Whilst being towed up the piste one day in Glenshee he got airborne at the top and crashed into boulders on the other side of the mountain, injuring himself quite severely.
He survived and so did the pair of skis we have here in the collection which were kindly donated by Edmond Mansion who bought the skis way back in the Fischnaller days and now wishes to retire himself and the skis.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Edmond Mansion

Acquisition Date

28/03/2019

Condition Check Date

28/03/2019

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/03/2019

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