Bassoon in C
Catalogue number: 5.3
Original name: Bassoon in C.
Type or system: 15 keys.
Maker: Boosey & Co.
Place of origin: London, c.1886.
Serial number: 10212.
Overall size: 907mm (without bell).
Bore: Wing joint: crook receiver 12.5mm - 15mm av.; boot joint: 17mm av. - 25.5mm av.; long joint: 25mm - 33mm av.
Technical description: Four sections of rosewood. Wing joint: 512.5mm; boot: 410mm; long joint: 594mm; bell missing.
German silver key work, ferrules, crook well lining, and butt; hinged cap on base of butt. Modern keywork, mounted by post and axles. Overlapping touches on B, C and D keys. Ebonite rollers.
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Key work and finger holes. | |
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Left hand thumb: |
B flat, B, C, harm 1, harm 2, C sharp, D, E flat. |
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Left hand, first finger: |
T. |
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Left hand, second finger: |
T, F sharp trill. |
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Left hand, third finger: |
T, E flat. |
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Left hand, fourth finger: |
C sharp; crook key. |
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Right hand, thumb: |
T, F sharp. |
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Right hand, first finger: |
T. |
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Right hand, second finger: |
T. |
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Right hand, third finger: |
T, B flat. |
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Right hand, fourth finger: |
F, A flat. |
Inscription: Engraved on Boot joint ferrule: “BOOSEY & Co / MAKERS / LONDON / 10212”
Decorative features: D key guard incorporating “B” motif.
Faults: Crack on bottom of long joint; bell missing.
Specific references: Boosey & Hawkes archives.
Illustration references: See below.