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Bassoon. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Dark brown stained maple with brass ferrules and keywork. Wing with square ivory bush to F finger-hole for L1. F key for R4 fishtailed. Bell with slim baluster profile and inverse choke. Brass crook with nipple, by Morton. L0: T; B?; D; E?. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. R0: T; F?. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: F; A?. Keyhead type: 3 spatula and 3 shield-shaped. Repair History: Wing cut at top with replaced ferrule; apart from this slight shortening at wing tip, this instrument appears to be unaltered.Technical description: Dark brown stained maple with brass ferrules and keywork. Wing with square ivory bush to F finger-hole for L1. F key for R4 fishtailed. Bell with slim baluster profile and inverse choke. Brass crook with nipple, by Morton. L0: T; B♭; D; E♭. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. R0: T; F♯. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: F; A♭. Keyhead type: 3 spatula and 3 shield-shaped. Repair History: Wing cut at top with replaced ferrule; apart from this slight shortening at wing tip, this instrument appears to be unaltered.
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Circa 1790 - Maker:
Cahusac - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1251; crook 227.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15525