Bassoon, 1881, Naples, Italy, Italian, Maple, nickel-silver, Overall height: 51 3/4 in. (131.5 cm); External dimensions of box

Bassoon, 1881, Naples, Italy, Italian, Maple, nickel-silver, Overall height: 51 3/4 in. (131.5 cm); External dimensions of box Stock Photo
Preview

Image details

Contributor:

Penta Springs Limited / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

KC7MRB

File size:

61.1 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)

Releases:

Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?

Dimensions:

3709 x 5759 px | 31.4 x 48.8 cm | 12.4 x 19.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

29 April 2017

Photographer:

Artokoloro

More information:

This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

Bassoon, 1881, Naples, Italy, Italian, Maple, nickel-silver, Overall height: 51 3/4 in. (131.5 cm); External dimensions of box: 10.8 x 21.2 x 55.5 cm (4-1/4 x 8-3/8 x 21-7/8 in.), Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed, Giosue Esposito (Naples, active late 19th century), A revolutionizing model of basson, with twenty-four nickel-silver keys, was developed by the bassoonist Luigi Caccavaio in Naples. Its novelty concerns all major aspects of the instrument: bore, length of the wooden sections, and the key system which incorporates elements of the Boehm system