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Tenor bassoon. Nominal pitch: F.
Technical description: Maple with brass ferrules, bell rim, keywork and crooks. With two crooks: one with hole (shorter) and one without hole (longer). Extra wing for lower pitch. Ingenious linkage to low D key to facilitate low C♯₂ and low B♮₂. Either of the two harmonic keys (on the shorter wing) operates the crook key. L0: C plate; B♭; B♮; harm 1; harm 2; E♭; D; C♯. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. L4: C♯ (on shorter wing only), R0: T; F♯. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T; B♭. R4: F; A♭.
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1840 - Maker:
Savary, Jean-Nicolas [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - 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:970; both crooks 175.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15952