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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
Accession Number: 64.276a–m
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