Bassoon in C (21 Keys)
Catalogue number: 5.5
Original name: Bassoon in C.
Type or system: 21 keys.
Maker: Hawkes & Son.
Place of origin: London, 1903-04.
Serial number: 15585.
Overall size: 1286mm.
Technical description: Four sections in a reddish wood, possibly rosewood with ebonite wing joint: bell: 358mm; long joint: 513mm; wing joint: 471mm; boot: 415mm.
Overlapping touches on B flat, B, C, D keys. Harmonic keys 1 and 2 linked to crook key. Ebonite rollers on B flat, G, F and A flat keys.
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Key work and finger holes. | |
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Left hand thumb: |
B flat, B, C, harm 1, harm 2, harm 3, C sharp, D, E flat. |
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Left hand, first finger: |
G trill, A flat trill. |
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Left hand, second finger: |
T, F sharp trill. |
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Left hand, third finger: |
T, E flat.td> |
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Left hand, fourth finger: |
C sharp; crook key. |
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Right hand, thumb: |
T, F sharp. td> |
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Right hand, first finger: |
T. |
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Right hand, second finger: |
T. C sharp, A. |
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Right hand, third finger: |
B flat, Gtd> |
Inscription: Stamped on bell and main joint: “HAWKES & SON / MAKERS / LONDON / 15585”; engraved on boot joint: “EXCELSIOR / SONOROUS / CLASS / HAWKES & SON / MAKERS / LONDON / 15585 / LF"; engraved on bell, boot ferrules, crook receiver and middle key on long joint: “B.S.M.” [Birmingham School of Music].
Playing accessories: Three crooks: two are number two, third is lengthened; cleaning weight; reeds.
Cases, etc: sling, and original case.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 440 Hz.
Repair history: Personalised with some changes made pre-1960.
Illustration references: See below.
Specific usage: Used to belong to Vaughan Allin, principal bassoonist with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), when the CBSO were at 60 Newhall St. There is a newspaper at the bottom of the case, dated July 8 1952.
Specific literature references: Boosey & Hawkes archive.
Previous owner: Vaughan Allin. Donated to Birmingham School of Music ca 1960 by Vaughan Allin, principal bassoonist with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO).
Previous collection numbers: A and B: Item 84.
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