Bassoon, C
Maker
Cramer & Son
Date1808-1812
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on butt joint: CRAMER & SON / LONDON / [unicorn head] / NO 20 PALL MALLStamped on wing, long, and bell joints: CRAMER & SON / LONDON / [unicorn head]
MarkingsStamped on edge of bell: [crown?] / G
Inscribed into surface of underside of wing joint: J. Twitchell / Huntingdon 1860
To left of the inscription in mostly illegible print: Y(? X? U?) S D(? T? L?) / 5 1(?) 1(?) 5 1(?) 1(?) 0(?) [numbers underlined]
DescriptionMaple. Brass ferrules and keys. 8 touchpieces.
DimensionsOverall length: 1245 mm
Wing joint: 473 mm
Butt joint: 431 mm
Long joint: 499 mm
Bell joint: 315 mm
(excluding tenons)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, A Catalog of the Double Reed Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1968, No. 2
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01437
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1825-1850 ca.
