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Bassoon

Various woods variously stained and bleached but generally mid-brown; brass mounts and crook: 9 brass keys mounted in saddles, the C sharp key on the butt a later addition with a shallow cupped cover, the rest with flat covers: the bell slightly flared: the associated crook not authentic.

  • Date:
    circa 1815
  • Maker:
    Milhouse, William [Person]
  • Collection:
    Royal College of Music Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Inscriptions:On bell, butt and wing: "W.MILHOUSE / LONDON"
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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 1227mm.