UEDIN · UEDIN:169
Tenor bassoon. Nominal pitch: F.
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Description
Technical description: Maple with brass ferrules, bell rim, keywork and crooks. With two crooks: one with hole (shorter) and one without hole (longer). Extra wing for lower pitch. Ingenious linkage to low D key to facilitate low C?2 and low B?2. Either of the two harmonic keys (on the shorter wing) operates the crook key. L0: C plate; B?; B?; harm 1; harm 2; E?; D; C?. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. L4: C? (on shorter wing only), R0: T; F?. R1: T. R2: T. R3: T; B?. R4: F; A?.
Inscriptions
Stamped on butt with sunburst and "Savary / jeune / A PARIS" / sunburst; and on reverse "1840"; also stamped on shorter wing "1" and on longer wing "2".
Measurements
970; both crooks 175.