CONTRA BASSOPHON

CONTRA BASSOPHON

  CONTRA BASSOPHON C. Geipel in Breslau. Stamped on a plaque attached to the bell: “Contra Bafsophon / verfertigt von C. Geipel iun Breslau”. (Double bassophone made by C. Geipel in Breslau) The need to strengthen the expression of the lower parts in the...
BASSOON Savary

BASSOON Savary

  BASSOON Savary in Paris. Jean-Baptiste Savary (1751- c.1810) from a line of wood turners (and probably instrument makers) established in Picardy, he opened a workshop in Paris around 1780. The instrument is made up of four parts in fruit wood (cherry?) and a...