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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1those for the first three fingers of each hand being saddle-shaped; those for the little fingers and thumbs are of the usual shape. This ingenious difference of shape enables the player to distinguish "open" and "closed" holes; and, therefore, it is easy for any bassoon player to adapt himself to this instrument. From C, to F, a single sound only is obtained by each key. From F, to f, the same fingering produces two sounds, an octave apart, by change of lip and greater pressure; from f# to c' the scale is continued by means of the twelfth, using the fingering of b, and again increasing the pressure of wind. Plate VIII., fig. B.
3Lent by Cyril Spottiswoode, Esq.
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7CONTRA-BASSOON. Of wood, and in every respect similar to that described above. This instrument was made by Mr. Alfred Morton, who followed the design of Dr. W. H. Stone, F.R.S., the inventor of this form of contra-bassoon. The construction of the instrument is similar to that shown in Plate VIII., fig. B.
9Lent by Messrs. Besson & Co.
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13CONTRA-BASSOON, in F,. This instrument in design is identical with those previously described, but is a fourth higher in pitch. It was made by Mr. Alfred Morton, for Sir Arthur Sullivan, for use in the orchestra of the Savoy Theatre.
15Lent by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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19CONTRA-BASSOON. Made entirely of brass, by Mahillon and Co. This instrument consists of a conical tube 15 feet 3 inches in length, curved round itself four times and a half. Fifteen keys, connected by rods to touch-pieces that are placed conveniently for the player's fingers to manipulate, open lateral holes pierced at intervals acoustically correct along the bore. By the successive opening of these
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