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Bassoon
Bassoon. Stained pearwood body with brass keys and ferrules. Nine keys, saddle mounted with circular and spatulate flaps and leather and cloth pads. C key on butt joint is a later addition. End cap missing. Bell is stamped: BILTON/LONDON; with a unicorn's head emblem beneath. Butt joint is stamped: KSELER/LONDON
- Date:
circa 1830 - Maker:
Bilton, Richard [Person] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Materials:steel, cork, string, wool textile, leather, copper alloy, pearwood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 48.622 x 3.3465 x 3.3465 in.; 1235 x 85 x 85 mm