Bassoon in C
Object type: Bassoon in C
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Swiss
Artist: Jeanneret workshop
Artist bio: Swiss, La Chaux-du-Milieu before 1764–after 1786 Le Locle
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Swiss
Date: 1771
Medium: Maple, brass
Dimensions: Length (end to end) 1146 mm, Length of tube +/-2438 mm including crook and reed, Diameter of bell (opening) 76 mm
Length of crook +/- 366 mm
Length of wing section +/- 495 mm without tenon
Length of butt section 425 mm
Length of long section +/- 530 mm without tenon
Length of bell 215 mm
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Geography:  La Chaux-du-Milieu (near Le Locle, Neuchatel)   Switzerland  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889