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Bassoon
Bassoon of black wood with nickel alloy keys and ferrules, also with nickel alloy crook. In leather case. The tenons of the long joint are cork lapped.
- Date:
1889-1895 - Maker:
Hawkes & Son - Collection:
Bate Collection, Oxford - Inventory number:
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UK, England, London
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- Materials:Wood;Plant;Nickel;Alloy;Metal;Leather;Skin;Animal;Cork
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- Inscriptions:EXCELSIOR SONOROUS CLASS HAWKES & SON MAKERS DENMAN STREET PICCADILLY CIRCUS LONDON 6655 [on butt joint] HAWKES & SON MAKERS LONDON 6655 [on wing joint and long joint]
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:
- Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
- Measurements:Max L [long] = 600 mm Max L [bell] = 357 mm Max L [wing] = 543 mm Max L [butt] = 436 mm