Alto fagotto, nominal pitch: C

George Wood

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Instrument

Alto fagotto

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

George Wood

Place Made

Europe ; England ; London ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1830

Description

Technical description: Stained maple with brass keywork; low C hole bushed with ivory; C♯ finger-hole for L0 with tetine. Bell choked at extremity. L0: T; harm; D; E♭. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. L4: C♯. R0: T; F♯. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T. R4: F₃; A♭. Usable pitch: A₄ = c 415 Hz. Signature / Marks: Stamped on long joint "INVENTED BY / WILLM. MEIKLE / Geo. Wood / LATE / Jas. Wood & Son / NEW COMPTON STREET / 50 / SOHO / LONDON". Specific literature references: Day 1891, item 157; Langwill 1934; G.S. (1958) No. 37. Illustration references: Hipkins & Gibb 1888 Plate XLI; Day 1891, plate VI(H); Langwill 1934; Langwill 1980, facing page xix and facing p.122.

Notes

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

Measurements

551; crook 123.

Provenance

Lent by Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries.

Collection

Glen Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

1732