Bassoon
The bassoon was the bass member of the double reed consort and an important instrument in Baroque continuo playing, where it often performed fast-moving and complicated bass lines.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bassoon
- Maker: Wolfgang Thomae (before 1771)
- Date: ca. 1750
- Geography: Bayreuth, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: Maple, brass
- Dimensions: 47 × 3 × 2 in. (119.4 × 7.6 × 5.1 cm)
Width (With bocal): 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) - Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
- Credit Line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2003
- Object Number: 2003.345
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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