Bassoon in C
Artwork Details
- Title: Bassoon in C
- Maker: Johannes Scherer, Jr. (German, Butzbach 1664–1722)
- Date: 1750–70
- Geography: Butzbach, Germany
- Culture: German
- Medium: Wood, brass
- Dimensions: Length (bell to butt) 1265 mm, L. of tube with crook +/- 2400 mm, L. of tube without crook +/- 2185, Diameter of bell 57 mm.
Length (including tenons) of:
wing section: 551 mm (w/o crook)
long section: 615 mm
butt section: 413 mm
bell section: 318 mm
crook: +/-348 mm - Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.886
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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