Bassoon in C
Object type: Bassoon in C
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Wilhelm Hermann Heckel
Artist bio: German, Biebrich 1879–1952 Biebrich
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1932
Medium: wood, Ivoroid ("Heckel-ivory"), silver-plated nickel-silver
Dimensions: Lengths: 
End to end:   1330 mm (w/o ridge on butt); 1335 mm (w. ridge)
Tube:             2585 mm
Crook:              336 mm
Wing:                517 mm
Butt:                  412 mm (w/o ridge); 417 mm (w/ ridge)
Long Section: 645 mm
Bell:                  355 mm
Case: 685 mm x 280 mm x 10 mm
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Geography:  Biebrich  Wiesbaden Germany  
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Percy W. Gatz, 1964
Accession year: 1964