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bassoon; tenoroon
The tenoroon is pitched in F and is therefore a perfect fifth higher than the standard bassoon in B flat. This gives rise to the French name: basson quinte. The instrument was made sporadically by a number of makers in the 19th century, especially in England and France. Some opera houses and military bands experimented with the tenoroon as a substitute for the cor anglais, but it was perceived to …
Type of item
- bassoons
- bassoons
- tenoroons
- tenoroons
Type of item
- bassoons
- bassoons
- tenoroons
- tenoroons
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Provenance
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
Identifier
- http://collections.horniman.ac.uk/objects/122386
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:02:09.860Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:51:38.166Z