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Tenor bassoon, F
Tenor bassoon, F
Tenor bassoon, F

Tenor bassoon, F

Alternate name(s)
  • Tenoroon
Date1797-1828 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on long and bell joints: W. MILHOUSE / LONDON / 337 / OXFORD / STREET
Stamped on wing and butt joints: W. MILHOUSE / LONDON
Markingsnone
DescriptionMaple with brass keys and ferrules. Eight touchpieces with flat key pads mounted on saddles.


DimensionsOverall length: 825 mm
Wing joint: 344 mm
Butt joint: 284 mm
Long joint: 348 mm
Bell joint: 193 mm
(measurements excluding tenons)
ProvenancePurchased in 1980 from William E. Eickhoff, Tipp City, Ohio. William Wardell, Eickhoff's great grandfather, brought the instrument to the United States in 1855. It passed by inheritance to Eickhoff.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1980
Object number02671
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