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Description: | Bassoon, maple, brass mounts. Eight brass keys (including F sharp and E flat and two on wing joint), flat, round or spatulate (the wing keys oval), mounted in saddles. Wing probably not original. Overall length is 124.3 cm. Length of wing and butt is 91.5 cm. Plug at bottom of butt joint is missing. Stamped on butt, long joint and bell: G. Astor & Co. Cornhill, London (unicorn mark).
The bassoon was developed in France during the seventeenth century.
caption: General view of object no. 14.5.47/118. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | bassoons 422.112 (Single) reedpipes with double (or quadruple) reeds with conical bore wood metal brass leather copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12705 | Go to resource |
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