Basset horn. Nominal pitch: F.

C. Mahillon & Co

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Instrument

Basset horn

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

C. Mahillon & Co

Place Made

London ; England ; United Kingdom ; Europe

Date Made

Circa 1880

Description

Technical description: Red varnished cocus wood with german silver crook, ferrules, keywork, and bell. Five pieces: original named cocus mouthpiece, crook, upper section. lower section, bell. Mouthpiece marked for a ligature. Device for a music card holder on crook. Key for closing the thumb-hole end-pivoted from below. Two speaker keys, the one on top of the upper section has a chimney and is used to overblow. The other one covers a tone-hole below and is used for throat B♭ with the the throat A key depressed. All tone-holes covered. Tone-hole for R1 through tenon of upper section. Three RH thumb levers for a chromatic extension. Thumb rest with sling ring. 18 keys, 7 covered tone-holes. L0: Plate; speaker 1 + 2. L1: Plate; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: Plate. L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: E♭₃; D₃; C♯₃; C₃. R1: Plate; side F₄/ C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill key for throat A-B♮ and B♭-C. R2: Plate + spectacle. R3: Plate + spectacle (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keyhead type: modern. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Playing accessories: reed, ligature, reed-cap. Red rubber on mouthpiece. Previous ownership: ex- Tom Dibley collection.

Notes

H. Fricke, 2006.

Measurements

950

Provenance

ex- Tom Dibley collection. ; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5023

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