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Basset horn

Dark brown stained wood; ivory mounts and knee joint; brass bell; ebony mouthpiece; one brass mount a replacement; angled at the middle socket only: 16 brass keys plus brille mounted variously in turned rings and saddles and on pillars: the original instrument altered by (1) the addition of C sharp and D sharp basset keys, (2) the addition (1979) of a base plate to carry the C sharp basset key, (3) removal of the B / F sharp vent key and provision of the brille, and (4) the addition of duplicate touches to the E flat / B flat and middle F keys.

  • Date:
    circa 1840
  • Maker:
    Hess, Wilhelm senior [Person]
  • Collection:
    Royal College of Music Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Munich
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  • Inscriptions:On the barrel and left and right hand sections: "W. Hess / München / [square cross mark]"
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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 1070mm. Round curves: 1080mm.