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Bassoon. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Ringed maple stained light brown with brass ferrules and keywork. Crook without pinhole. Wing with metal-lined tuning-slide. Finger-hole for L0 bushed with ivory. Choked bell with wide flange at end. L0: T; B♭; harm 2; harm 1; D. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. L4: low E♭. R0: T; F♯. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: F; A♭. Keymount type: Saddle. Keyhead type: Round flat. Repair History: The crook is a replacement (English c1800).
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Circa 1820 - Maker:
Kaiser - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Zug - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1278; crook 230.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14603