Engelbert Schmid is a classical musician and horn

Horn (instrument)

The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....

 maker.

After playing with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra can refer to one of two orchestras:* The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, known from 1956 to 1993 as the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and situated in West Berlin during the Cold War...

 and the Berlin Philharmonic, solo-horn with the Munich Radio Orchestra

Munich Radio Orchestra

The Munich Radio Orchestra is a German symphony orchestra based in Munich. It is one of the two orchestras affiliated with the Bavarian Radio , the other being the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra....

 for ten years,
In 1980 Engelbert Schmid exhibited his Horns for the first time.

In 1990 he established his own workshop. As a Master Craftsman he personally trained his present instrument makers.

Engelbert Schmid horns are available in three different bell sizes: medium, wide and extra-wide. The sizes medium, wide and extra-wide differ only in the taper of the bell, so that with a screw bell horn it is possible to change from one size to another just by changing the bell.
Four alloys (brass, goldbrass, nickel-silver and sterling silver

Sterling silver

Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by mass of silver and 7.5% by mass of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925....

) plus, when desired, a bell with a garland completes the choices and add to the range of sound variations.