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Bass recorder
'Stained fruitwood, in three joints, ivory mounted. The foot joint has a bulbous termination with a vent hole in the side and an ivory-lined lower socket into which a woden peg, now missing, may be inserted for resting the instrument on the floor while playing. A square brass key with a plain touch is mounted on the foot joint. This and the brass crook appear to be replacements of missing originals' - Anthony Baines:Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments(London, 1998), p. 85.
- Date:
about 1700 (Made) - Maker:
Bressan, Pierre Jaillard - Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum - Inventory number:
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London
- Measurements:Length: 108 cm total length without crook, Length: 90 cm sounding length to upper edge of bell vent, Diameter: 3.8 cm bore of head at voicing, Diameter: 3.5 cm bore above main joint, Diameter: 2.9 cm bore below main joint, Diameter: 2.7 cm bore of peg socket
- View the original record:http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O322101