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Bassoon

It is a bassoon made of stained maple in four sections (wing, butt, bass and bell), with nickel-silver mounts and keywork. It has seventeen cylinder-cup keys mounted posts with rods, with flat and needle springs attached to keys and posts, and metal rollers. It has a nickel-silver crook. Nominal pitch: C.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on all joints: A. MORTON / & SONS / LONDON / A M / & / S (on triangular leaf)|Stamped on crook: [shield with initials: D. H / M]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.112 (Single) oboes with conical bore
  • Repository:Museum of Army Music
  • Measurements:Height: 1265mm