Bassoon in C
Object type: Bassoon in C
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Johannes Scherer, Jr.
Artist bio: German, Butzbach 1664–1722
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 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
Geography:  Butzbach   Germany  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889