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Bassoon, C

Date1900-1915 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Serial No.257R

SignedStamped on all joints: BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS / [trademark]
Markings“B C” monogram on pierced metal ‘cage’ covering lowest key on long joint
Stamped on lower right of long joint, inside wing joint, and on butt at very top of sockets: 1
DescriptionRosewood (?) in 4 sections: wing, butt, long, and bell joints. French system. Nickel-silver ferrules and keywork. 13 keys with modern-style cups, mounted in posts with rods. Flat springs attached to keys and needle springs. One ring key, one plateau key, and key rollers on butt joint.
DimensionsOverall length: 1281 mm
Wing joint: 425 mm
Butt joint: 421 mm
Long joint: 460 mm
Bell joint: 400 mm
(excluding tenons)
ProvenancePreviously owned by W. Wayne Sorensen, Los Gatos, California.

Professor and professional oboist Willard Wayne Sorensen was associated with San Jose State University in San Jose, California, from 1948 until his retirement. His collecting specialty, which started about the same time, was "early Boehm-system clarinets and flutes and early key systems." According to Sorensen, the instruments "were rescued from the floors and bins of repair shops in the area. Many were purchased from Good Will, and local music stores saved instruments for [him]. Many productive hours were spent in the antique stores of the area, and [his] students, knowing of [his] interest, brought [him] many instruments."

The Sorensen Collection consists of 145 woodwind instruments, primarily 19th-century flutes, clarinets, and oboes.

Published References"Important Acquisitions made by Museum in 1982." _Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter_ 10, no. 3 (April 1983): 2.

Credit LineW. Wayne Sorensen Collection, 1982

Object number03097

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