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Bassoon

Bassoon of fruitwood, with eleven brass keys and brass ferrules. With tuning slide on top of the wing joint. At some point with a twelfth key, now removed.

  • Date:
    post 1829
  • Maker:
    George Wood
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Inventory number:
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  • Place of production:
    UK, England, London
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  • Materials:Brass;Metal;Fruitwood;Plant
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  • Inscriptions:Geo. Wood LATE Jas. Wood & Son NEW COMPTON STREET 50 SOHO LONDON [crook stamped:] WOOD
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  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 1228 mm Max W [without crook] = 75 mm