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Bassoon.
Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 15-key French system, formerly 16-key.; Technical description: Tropical hardwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Bell with smooth profile below upper ring. The F|key and A♭ keys for R4 with red plastic rollers. Keyhead type: cup. Keyhead type: cup.; Keymount type: pillar.
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1885-1895 (Hawkes parts) - Maker:
Composite (partly Hawkes & Son). - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London (Hawkes parts). - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on wing and butt only "EXCELSIOR / CLASS / HAWKES & SON / 28 LEICESTER SQR. / LONDON".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 1294.; Sounding length: ; Bore: wing minimum 10.0.Depth of crook well: 24.5.Diameter of crook well: 12.3 - 11.95.