Bassoon. Nominal pitch: C.

Metzler
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Instrument

Bassoon

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Metzler

Place Made

London; England; Europe; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1840

Description

Technical description: Dark stained maple with brass ferrules and keywork; heavy brass crook. Bell of flaring English type. L0: T; B♭; harm 2; harm 1; D; E♭. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. R0: T; F♯. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: F; A♭. Keyhead type: flat round. Cracked edge of wing re-glued. Usable pitch: A₄ = c 415 Hz. Current ownership: Government allocation to the University, 1991. (Brackenbury Collection).

Notes

L.G. Langwill, 1981; W.R. Waterhouse, 1993, 1983.

Measurements

1237; crook 234.

Provenance

Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

MIMEd; C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection

Accession Number

1004

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