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bassoon

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  • Other Name

    'French system' bassoon

  • Description

    bassoon, French system, dark rosewood, nineteen nickel silver keys, one plate for right hand third finger, two metal joints, wide metal band with hinged cover on one end. Black leather case with green felt lining and metal fittings, three brass mouthpieces, small wood ring, small wood case holding three reeds, two plastic tubes with one reed inside each

    1 bassoon

    Rudall Carte & Co. Ltd., London, England, circa 1920

    rosewood, nickel-silver ferrules and keys, French system, overall length 1282 mm

    stamped ‘(crown)/ RUDALL / CARTE & CO. LTD. / LONDON’

    1998.60.25 Castle 32 (purchase)

    Bertram Yates, a former Queens Hall bassoonist, formerly owned this bassoon. Ronald Castle purchased it from him when he was the 1st bassoon in the Wellington Symphony Orchestra in the 1930s.

  • Place
    England
  • Accession Number
    1998.60.25
  • Accession Date
    10 Oct 1998
  • Other Id

    32 (Castle)

    962 (serial no)

    143 (Maureen)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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