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The German system, most closely associated with the firm of Heckel, began to be adopted in Britain in place of the French model bassoon in the 1930s. Gift of Reginald Tritton Esq.
Bassoon
Friedrich Kulow
Magdeburg
Europe
Germany
Central Europe

Instrument Information

Title

Bassoon, nominal pitch: C

Alternative Title

Bassoon.

Accession Number

4058

Collection

MIMEd

Date Information

Date Made

1879-1939

Period

19th century; 20th century; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s

Gallery Information

Gallery

Wolfson Gallery

Case

Woodwind case 2

Maker Information

Maker Name

Friedrich Kulow (b.1879, d.1939)

Maker Biography

Friedrich Kulow (1879-1939) was German a woodwind instrument maker and assistant to the maker Sauerhering, on which little is known. He established his own workshop following Sauerhering’s death in the late 1890s, and employed a lyre as his maker’s mark.

Made In

City

Magdeburg

Country

Germany

Description

Provenance

ex- James MacGillivray collection. ; Gift of Reginald Tritton.

Classification

Instrument

Bassoon/Bassoons/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Bassoon

Instrument Family

Wind

Hornbostel Sachs Classification

422.112 ; musical instrument