Bassoon in C
Artwork Details
- Title: Bassoon in C
- Maker: Wilhelm Hermann Heckel (German, Biebrich 1879–1952 Biebrich)
- Date: 1932
- Geography: Biebrich, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: wood, Ivoroid ("Heckel-ivory"), silver-plated nickel-silver
- Dimensions: Lengths:
End to end: 1330 mm (w/o ridge on butt); 1335 mm (w. ridge)
Tube: 2585 mm
Crook: 336 mm
Wing: 517 mm
Butt: 412 mm (w/o ridge); 417 mm (w/ ridge)
Long Section: 645 mm
Bell: 355 mm
Case: 685 mm x 280 mm x 10 mm - Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Percy W. Gatz, 1964
- Object Number: 64.276a–m
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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