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Bassoon. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Dark brown stained maple with brass ferrules and keywork. Unperforated brass crook. Wing with metal-lined tuning-slide in upper part with extending touches. C finger-hole bushed with ivory. Bell with flaring bore and Dresden external profile. L0: T; B♭; harm 2; harm 1; D. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T; E♭₃. L4: E♭₂. R0: T; C♯; F♯. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T; B♭. R4: F; A♭. Keymount type: Wood knob and recesses in body wood; pinned. Keyhead type: Round cup keys.
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Circa 1830 - Maker:
Küss, W. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Vienna/Austria - 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:1278; crook 230.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18477