Bassoon in C
Johannes Scherer, Jr.
1750–70
Medium
Wood, brass
Dimensions
Length (bell to butt) 1265 mm, L. of tube with crook +/- 2400 mm, L. of tube without crook +/- 2185, Diameter of bell 57 mm. Length (including tenons) of: wing section: 551 mm (w/o crook) long section: 615 mm butt section: 413 mm bell section: 318 mm crook: +/-348 mm
Classification
Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Culture
German
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.886