DCM 1119c: Johann Andreas Mollenhauer Bassoon in C
Summary
Instrument type: Bassoon in C
Medium: Maple, brass keys, key saddles, ferrules, and lower D key guard.; 127.8 cm.
Key Holes System: 13 keys, round flat flap, slightly curved as necessary.
Mark Maximum: (sunburst) / Mollenhauer / Fulda (cursive) / (sunburst)
Mark Additional: Mark on bell and boot. Wing: (lion rampant of Hesse) / Mollenhauer / Fulda (cursive) / (sunburst)
Condition: Bocal missing. Crack in boot joint socket, bass side. Missing plate screws for bottom of boot. Bell cracked at both ends and missing original upper ferrules, probably ivory.
Provenance: Source not known.
The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.
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