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  • Scherer, 415 castella
  • Scherer, 415 curly maple-silver keys
  • Eichentopf, 415 pearwood
  • Eichentopf, 415 curly maple
  • Eichentopf, 392 curly maple

  • Eichentopf Boot Keys
  • Scherer, 415 castella
  • Scherer, 415 curly maple-silver keys
  • Eichentopf, 415 pearwood
  • Eichentopf, 415 curly maple
  • Eichentopf, 392 curly maple

Baroque Bassoons

Eichentopf

Modeled after the four-keyed original in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, the Eichentopf bassoon is representative of the Saxon type bassoon of the first half of the century and could easily have been the instrument used in Bach's Leipzig orchestra.

Originally pitch-centered close to A-405Hz, this instrument has been scaled up to the standard A-415. It is also available at the low A-392Hz pitch and its original A-405Hz. Faithful to the original, the replica has brass ferrules, keywork and an ornamental crown on the bell. The instrument's scale and tone is even and focused with exceptional dynamic flexibility throughout its range. The instrument is offered with four keys and the option of adding a fifth, low Eb key. Please inquire about the choices of wood.

Contemporary with Eichentopf, Georg Henrich Scherer's instruments graced numerous 18th Century courts. While long appreciated for his oboes and flutes, his bassoons have gone undeservedly neglected.

His boxwood instrument in the Metropolitan Museum in New York City plays at A-415Hz and has an original bocal. The sound is of a full, dense and broad spectrum, less narrowly focused than the Eichentopf. It is a very warm and rich instrument with uncompromising dynamic flexibility. The tuning is exceptional and the instrument plays with simple historical fingerings. The original has four keys set in integral wood saddles, brass ferrules and an ornamental crown. The instrument is offered with four keys and the option of adding a fifth, low Eb, key. Please inquire about the choices of wood.

  • Eichentopf Bell-Crown

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  • Scherer Silver Boot Keys