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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
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:Turned and drilled and stained fruitwood joints, turned ivory mounts, and brass crook and key
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  • Inscriptions:P.I./ Bressan
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • 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