Bassoon, C
Maker
William Milhouse
Date1800-1810 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on top and bottom of butt joint only: W. MILLHOUSE / LONDONMarkingsnone
DescriptionDark-stained maple in 4 sections: wing, butt, long, and bell joints. Brass ferrules and keywork. Standard English system with 8 keys with flat, round covers, mounted in saddles. Flat key springs attached to body on butt and long joints, and attached to the keys on wing joint. F key with swallow-tail touchpiece design. Brass bocal with reed.
DimensionsOverall length: 1234 mm
Wing joint: 488 mm
Butt joint: 430 mm
Long joint: 488 mm
Bell joint: 314 mm
(excluding tenons)
ProvenancePreviously owned by Friedrich Von Huene, Brookline, Massachusetts, who purchased it at Christie's or Sotheby's auction house, in the late 1970s. In September 1988, sold by Von Huene to the NMM. Funds given by Mrs. Clark Y. (Ethel) Gunderson of Vermillion, a founding member of the museum's Board of Trustees, in memory of her father, Charles Lyckholm.
Published References"Important Acquisitions Made by Museum in 1988." _The Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ XVI, no. 2 (January 1989): 2.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Mrs. Clark Y. Gunderson, in memory of her father, Charles Lyckholm, 1988
Object number04503
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