Instrument catalogue – fagottino/tenoroon

View or download the FULL-TEXT CATALOGUE with all references. Please scroll down to see our explanatory text “About the catalogue”.

Below is a compact version of the catalogue. Click on the underlined linked ID numbers (=models examined) to see specific instruments in the photo gallery and to see a further link to the dataset for that specific instrument.

Besides the small-sized bassoon catalogue, we are also noted models that at some point in time have been mistakenly referred to as “small-sized bassoons” in catalogues, articles, and other referenced sources. Furthermore, we have included a few noteworthy early-twentieth-century instruments, even if they extend beyond our initial time scope. The aim of these entries was to present a few relevant examples of instruments that cannot be considered fagottini or tenoroons, together with some explanatory notes about their characteristics. Miscellaneous instruments are only listed in the full-text catalogue above.

Compact instrument catalogue

ID Nr	Maker	Instrument	Provenance	Date	location
FT1	ADLER, Frédéric G. 1	11-key tenoroon	Paris	ca.1835	Boston, US
FT2	ADLER, Frédéric G. 2	13-key tenoroon	Paris	ca.1840	Paris, FR
FT61	ADLER, Frédéric G. 3	11-key tenoroon	Paris	ca.1840	CH (private collection)
FT3	ANONYMOUS 1	4-key fagottino/octave	Unknown (Austria)	ca.1820 – 1850	IT (private collection)
FT62	ANONYMOUS 2	tenoroon/F	Unknown	ca.1830	Nice, FR
FT51	ANONYMOUS 3	10-key tenoroon/F	London	ca.1820	London, UK
FT4 Not in Photo Gallery	ANONYMOUS 4	4-key fagottino/octave	Unknown (Germany)	ca.1780	Amsterdam, NL
FT63	ANONYMOUS 5	6-key fagottino/octave	Unknown (UK)	ca.1800	Former de Wit collection
FT6	ANONYMOUS 7	8-key tenoroon/G	Unknown (Austria/Naples)	c.1815	CH (private collection)
FT7	ANONYMOUS 8	3-key fagottino/octave	Unknown (Germany)	ca.1730 –70	Stockholm, SE
FT52	ANONYMOUS 9	6-key fagottino/octave	Unknown	ca.1800–25	London, UK
FT64	ANONYMOUS 10	7-key fagottino/octave	France	ca.1850–98	Madrid, ES
FT40	ANONYMOUS 11	4-key fagottino/octave	Unknown (Germany)	ca.1750–90	CH (private collection)
FT46	ANONYMOUS 12	5-key tenoroon/G	Germany	ca.1815	Leipzig, DE
FT65	ANONYMOUS 13	3-key fagottino/octave	France	ca.1700–80	New York, US
FT66	ANONYMOUS 14	10-key tenoroon/F	Unknown (UK)	ca.1820	New York, US
FT67	ANONYMOUS 15	6-key tenoroon/G?	Unknown (UK)	ca.1800	Tucson, Arizona, US (private collection)
FT68	ANONYMOUS 16	14-key tenoroon/F?	Unknown (Germany)	ca.1825–50	Stuttgart, DE private collection
FT69	ANONYMOUS 17	6-key tenoroon/G?	Unknown (UK)	ca.1800	British Collumbia , CA, Instrument dealer http://www.music-treasures.com/antwood.htm
FT70	ANONYMOUS 18	0-key unfinished fagottino	Unknown	ca.1820	Unknown (former Kremsmünster, AT)
FT71	ANONYMOUS 19	13-key tenoroon / G	France	1860–70	France (private collection THICAM)
FT8 no photos	ASTOR, Georg & HORWOOD	6-key tenoroon/F?	London	ca.1815	Newton Centre (MA), US
FT72	BABB, G.	6-key tenoroon/G?	London	ca.1780	Oxford, UK
FT9	BLOCKLEY, John	4-key tenoroon/G	Ullesthorpe/ Leicestershire (UK)	ca.1780	Boston, US
FT73	BLOCKLEY, John	6-key tenoroon/G?	Ullesthorpe/ Leicestershire (UK)	ca.1760–98	Unknown, (former private collection in Wolverhampton, UK)
FT10	BONACCORSI	7-key fagottino/octave	Barga (IT)	ca.1815	Stockholm, SE
FT74	BOOSEY & Co.	tenoroon/Unknown	London	1899	Unknown (historical catalogue reference)
FT75	BOOSEY & Co.	10-key tenoroon/F?	London	ca.1880	London, UK
FT76	BUFFET-CRAMPON	tenoroon/Unknown	Paris	ca.1900	Leeds, UK
FT56	BÜHNER & KELLER	7-key fagottino/octave	Strasbourg	ca.1810	London, UK
FT11	CAHUSAC, Thomas 1	6-key tenoroon/G?	London	1789	Brussels, BE
FT77	CAHUSAC, Thomas 2	4-key tenoroon/Unknown	London	ca.1788	Halifax, UK
FT12	CASTLAS	7-key fagottino/octave	Turin	ca.1800	Paris, FR
FT78	COLLINGS, Joseph	3-key fagottino/octave	UK	ca.1771–73	Unknown, (former Frank Rendell collection)
FT79	CUSTODE, Cristofaro	4-key fagottino/octave	Naples	ca.1800–30	Roma, IT
FT80	DE ROSA, R.	11-key tenoroon/G	Naples	ca.1830	London, UK
FT13	DELUSSE, Christophe	7-key fagottino/octave	Paris	ca.1783	Paris, FR
FT14	DENNER, Johann C.	3-key fagottino/octave	Nuremberg	ca.1700	Boston, US
FT35	DUPRÉ, Joseph	0-key unfinished fagottino	Tournai (Belgium)	ca.1820–50	Brussels, BE
FT81	EICHENTOPF, Johann H.	3-key fagottino/octave	Germany	ca.1740	Halle, DE
FT82	EISENBRANDT, Johann B.	tenoroon/unknown	Göttingen	ca.1785– 1822	Berlin, DE
FT83	EVETTE & SCHAEFFER	17-key tenoroons/Eb, F, G	Paris	1889 & 1912	Unknown
FT36	GAUTROT Aîné	16-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1845–84	UK, Waterhouse collection
FT84	GEROCK, Christopher	tenoroon/unknown	London	ca.1804–37	St. Petersburg, RUS
FT85	GOULDING, PHIPPS, AND D’ALMAINE	tenoroon / unknown	London	1785–1834	Unknown
FT86	GRENSER, Augustin	4-key fagottino/octave	Dresden	ca.1744–98	Copenhagen, DK
FT15	GRENSER, H. & WIESNER, S.	6-key fagottino/octave	Dresden	ca.1824	Stockholm, SE
FT16 no photos	GRENSER, Heinrich 1	5-key fagottino/octave	Dresden	ca.1800	The Hague, NL
FT16	GRENSER, Heinrich 2	5-key fagottino/octave	Dresden	ca.1796–1813	Frankfurt am Main, DE
FT50	GRENSER, Heinrich 3	6-key fagottino/octave	Dresden	ca.1806–13	Berlin, DE
FT88	HECKEL, Wilhelm	18-key tenoroon/F	Biebrich	1907	Unknown
FT41	HIRSBRUNNER (Gebrüder) 1	12-key tenoroon/F	Sumiswald (CH)	ca.1830	Bern, CH (former Hirsbrunner family collection)
FT89	HIRSBRUNNER (Gebrüder) 2	6-key tenoroon/F	Sumiswald (CH)	ca.1815–48	Willisau, CH
FT17	JACOBY Fils	5-key fagottino/octave	Auch	ca.1785	Paris, FR
FT90	KEY, Thomas	fagottino / unknown	London	ca. 1805–58	Unknown. Former Rudall Carte collection
FT18	KRAUS, I. 1	4-key tenoroon/G	Germany	ca.1775	Paris, FR
FT91	KRAUS, I. 2	3-key tenoroon/G?	Germany	ca.1750–90	Münich, DE
FT92	KRAUS, I. 3	3-key tenoroon/G?	Germany	ca.1750–90	Hamamatsu-city, JP, (formerly Rosenbaum)
FT93	KRAUS, I. 4	4-key tenoroon/G?	Germany	ca.1750–90	Salzburg, AT
FT94	KRAUS, I. 5	4-key tenoroon/G?	Germany	ca.1750–90	Eisenach, DE
FT95	KÜSS, Wolfgang 1	9-key tenoroon/unknown	Vienna	ca.1810–39	Biebrich, DE
FT49	KÜSS, Wolfgang 2	10-key tenoroon/unknown	Vienna	ca.1810–39	IT (private collection)
FT96	KÜSS, Wolfgang 3	9-key tenoroon/unknown	Vienna	ca.1810–40	Prague, CZ
FT59	KUTERUF, J.	3-key fagottino/octave	Germany	ca.1700–60	Münich, DE
FT97	LE BRETON	Small-size bassoon referred to as “counter-tenor basson” /unknown	Paris	ca.1692	Unknown (historical catalogue reference)
FT43	LEIBERZ, Johann Peter	7-key fagottino/octave	Koblenz	ca.1825–35	Leipzig, DE
FT98	LOT, Martin	5-key fagottino/octave	Paris	ca.1743–85	Oxford, UK
FT99	LOT, Martin 2	3-key fagottino/octave	Paris	ca.1743–86	London, UK
FT100	MAGVINI (MAGRINI)	8-key tenoroon/F?	Vienna	ca.1800	Kronach, DE
FT37	MARZOLI, A.G.Philippe Tribert Marzoli Boehm (TMB)	15-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1865	UK, Waterhouse collection
FT19	MERKLEIN, I.	8-key tenoroon/F	Vienna	ca.1835	Vicenza, IT (private collection)
FT57	MILHOUSE, William 1	4-key tenoroon/G?	London	ca.1800	London, UK
FT101	MILHOUSE, William 2	8-key tenoroon/G	London	ca.1799– 1828	Vermillion, SD, US
FT102	MILHOUSE, William 3	6-key fagottino/octave	London	ca.1800	Tucson, Arizona, US (private collection)
FT126	MORTON, Alfred W.	15-key tenoroon/F	London	ca.1870	Hamamatsu-city, JP, (formerly Rosenbaum)
FT20	MÜLLER	4-key fagottino/octave	Germany	ca.1770	Brussels, BE
FT53	PACE, Charles	8-key tenoroon/F	London	ca.1825	London, UK
FT104	PEALE, T.	7-key tenoroon/G?	UK	ca.1800–30	Oxford, UK
FT105	PELITTI	12-key tenoroon/F	Milan	ca.1828–70	Unknown, formerly Williamstown, (MA), US
FT21	PORTHAUX, Dominique A.	9-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1808	Paris, FR
FT22	PROFF, François X.	5-key tenoroon/G	Tours	ca.1800	Paris, FR
FT106	PRUDENT [Thierriot]	fagottino/octave	Paris	ca.1765–83	Unknown (historical catologue reference)
FT47	RIVA, Giacinto	13-key tenoroon/F	Ferrara	ca.1860–70	Leipzig, DE
FT23	ROTTENBURGH, Godfrius A. 1	4-key fagottino/octave	Brussels	ca.1760	Greenville (SC), USA, Sigal Music Museum
FT107	ROTTENBURGH, Godfrius A. 2	fagottino / unknown / octave	Brussels	ca.1760	Unknown
FT108	ROTTENBURGH, Godfrius A. 3	fagottino / unknown / octave	Brussels	ca.1760	Unknown
FT24	SAVARY PERE	5-key tenoroon/G	Paris	ca.1810	Paris, FR
FT109	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 1	14-key tenoroon/F	Paris	1840	Edinburgh, UK
FT25	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 2	13-key fagottino/F	Paris	1827	Paris, FR
FT55	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 3	10-key tenoroon/F	Paris	1835	London, UK
FT26	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 4	12-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1838	IT & Paris, FR, private
FT54	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 5	14-key tenoroom/F	Paris	ca.1845–50	London, UK
FT110	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 6	12-key tenoroon/F	Paris	1843	Unknown (private collection)
FT111	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 7	11-key tenoroon/F	Paris	1832	Biebrich, DE
FT38	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 8	12-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1842	UK, Waterhouse collection
FT112	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 9	15-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1840	Oxford, UK
FT113	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 10	15-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1835–50	Perth, AU
FT42	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 11	11-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1840	CH, private
FT27	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 12	16-key tenoroon/F	Paris	1841	Paris, FR
FT114	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 13	tenoroon/F	Paris	1842	North Carolina, US (private collection)
FT60	SAVARY JEUNE, Jean-Nicholas 14	11-key tenoroon / G	Paris	1824	CH (private collection)
FT58	SAXTON, Thomas	4-key tenoroon/G	Nottingham	ca.1793–99	London, UK
FT28	SCHERER, Johannes & Georg H. 1	4-key fagottino/octave	Butzbach	ca.1760	Paris. FR
FT29	SCHERER, Johannes & Georg H. 2	4-key fagottino/octave	Butzbach	ca.1764	Brussels, BE
FT44	SCHERER, Johannes & Georg H. 3	4-key fagottino/octave	Butzbach	ca.1760–70	Leipzig, DE
FT30	SCHERER, Johannes & Georg H. 4	5-key fagottino/octave	Butzbach	ca.1760–78	Zürich, CH
FT39	SCHERER, Johannes & Georg H. 5	4-key fagottino/octave	Butzbach	ca.1750–78	UK, Waterhouse collection
FT115	SCHERER, Johannes & Georg H. 6	4-key fagottino/octave	Butzbach	ca.1750–78	Kassel, DE
FT116	SCHLEGEL, Jeremias	4-key fagottino/octave	Basel	ca.1752–92	Copenhagen, DK
FT117	SCHOLL, Franz	fagottino/octave	Vienna	1803	Unknown
FT118	SCHRAMME, C.	fagottino/octave	Germany	ca.1700–40	Prague, CZ
FT5	SCHUBERT, Louis-Paul	13-key tenoroon/F	Paris	ca.1860	Paris, FR
FT119	SCHUSTER, Gottfried	6-key fagottino/octave	Markneukirchen	ca.1820	Markneukirchen, DE
FT120	SPADA, Gaetano	tenoroon / unknown	Bologna	1873	Unknown
FT45	STEHLE, Johann	12-key tenoroon/F	Vienna	ca.1850–60	Leipzig, DE
FT31	TAUBER, Kaspar 1	6-key tenoroon/G?	Vienna	ca.1815	Newton Centre (MA), US
FT121	TAUBER, Kaspar 2	9-key tenoroon/F	Vienna	ca.1798–1829	Salzburg, AT
FT122	TAUBER, Kaspar 3	12-key tenoroon/F	Vienna	ca.1798–1829	Berlin, DE
FT48 no photos	TAUBER, Kaspar 4	9-key tenoroon/	Vienna	ca.1798–1829 (after 1820?)	Trieste, IT
FT32	TÖLCKE, Heinrich Carl 1	4-key fagottino/octave	Braunschweig	ca.1780	Meiningen, DE
FT123	TÖLCKE, Heinrich Carl 2	4-key fagottino/octave	Braunschweig	ca.1751–1835	Eisenach, DE
FT124	TREUMANN	tenoroon / unknown	Lyon	ca. 1825–50	Unknown. Former ex. Thibault, Paris
FT33	TUERLINCKX, Jean A. 1	4-key fagottino/octave	Mechelen (Belgium)	ca.1795	Brussels, BE
FT34	TUERLINCKX, Jean A. 2	5-key tenoroon/F	Mechelen (Belgium)	ca.1820	Brussels, BE
FT125	WUSSINGER, Franz	9-key tenoroon/unknown	Klagenfurt (Austria)	ca.1810–41	Vienna, AT

About the catalogue

Small-sized-bassoons are classified as “fagottino”—instruments sounding one octave higher than the full-sized bassoon, and “tenoroons”—transposing instruments that are generally in either G or F.

The Instrument Catalogue aimed to collect as many references as possible about instruments built between 1700 and 1914, the “Golden Age” of fagottino and tenoroon. Our goal was to evaluate how many original historical instruments currently exist, where they are now located, and other data, such as the place and date of manufacture.

The sources for the catalogue were collected and updated after trips to museums, private collections, and libraries where historical references, such as makers’ inventories catalogues and instruments lists, can be found. The catalogue includes the following information: our own inventory number (FT#), name of the instrument maker, the city where the workshop was located, and approximate date of manufacture, as well as current location and bibliographic sources.

Multiple examples of smaller bassoons are located in museums and collections in: Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Hamamatsu (Japan), Leipzig, London, Munich, Newton Centre MA (USA), Oxford, Paris, Stockholm, with single instruments also found in Amsterdam, Bern, Biebrich, Collowhee NC (USA), Eisenach, Florence, Frankfurt, Halifax, Halle, Kassel, Kronach, Leeds, Madrid, Markneukirchen, Meiningen, Milano, Newton Centre MA (USA), Perth, Prague, Rome, Salzburg, St Petersburg, Stuttgart, The Hague, Tucson AZ (USA), Vermillion SD (USA), Vienna, Willisau, and Zürich.

Information was collected from museum collection catalogues, both printed and online, such as MIMO (http://www.mimo-international.com/MIMO/), as well as from individual sources.

Datasets

Besides this basic information, the fagottino and tenoroon research team collected a large amount of data about specific instruments, including photos, internal/external measurements, and bore measurements, which are accessible in individual datasets at the data repository Zenodo.

See INSTRUMENT MEASUREMENTS DATASETS – LINKS TO ZENODO for information about specific instruments. Datasets can be previewed online or dowloaded.

The aim of this data collection is to enable detailed comparison of instruments by considering differences in building style and noting regional and historical differences in bassoon-building. Furthermore, the data collected can be used to compare small-sized and full-size bassoons, answering the key question: Is a small-sized bassoon just a smaller version of the full-sized, or does it have its own characteristics as an instrument?

To access the individual dataset of an instrument, please note the FT# and click on the corresponding link, which will open the specific location on the respository. (Tip: The “Basic Info Sheet” is a good place to start.) Alternatively, you may browse the list of datasets on Zenodo.

Videos (endoscopic and others) may be downloaded from the datasets on Zenodo, or viewed separately at Switchtube. See also “Other videos” on this site, which depict casual, unedited first-encouters with instruments we could try.

Data for this study was collected using the methods commonly used by most period wind instrument makers today and described by Jan Bouterse in Dutch woodwind instruments and their makers, (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2005). For some particular details, the collection data method has been revised and adapted to measuring small-sized bassoons, as discussed in an internal workshop held in Basel on November 7th, 2017.

Instrument catalogue – fagottino/tenoroon

Datasets

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