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Bassoon.

Technical description: Tropical hardwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Silver-plated crook with key-covered pinhole and reinforcement strip. Bell with stepped profile. The F|key and A♭ keys for R4 with rollers. With fitting for music-card holder on wing.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 19-key French system.; Keyhead type: cup.; Keymount type: pillar.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on long with crown / RUDALL / CARTE & CO / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 896"; on wing, butt and bell with crown / RUDALL / CARTE & CO / LONDON".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: 1321; crook 233.; Sounding length: ; Bore: wing minimum 9.45.Depth of crook well: 27.5.Diameter of crook well: 11.35.