• Bühner & Keller Classical, 430 curly maple
• Heinrich Grenser Classical, 430 curly maple
• Wiesner Romantic, +/- 438 curly maple

• Bühner & Keller Classical, 430 curly maple
• Heinrich Grenser Classical, 430 curly maple
• Wiesner Romantic, +/- 438 curly maple
  
  

This instrument is modeled after two specimens.

Bühner and Keller were Strasbourg makers, and it was their instrument that was played and endorsed by Étiène Ozi in his famous bassoon method of 1803. With an open and direct feel and great flexibility it is a good example of a French style instrument of the period.
This instrument, pitched at A-430Hz with brass ferrules, has seven brass keys and plays easily up to high C. It is made out of curly maple with a nitric acid stain and is available with a choice of two bocals.

We are fortunate that numerous instruments of this famous Dresden maker have survived to be played, measured and compared.

This copy is based on an early Saxon Swords H.Grenser stamped instrument that along with wooden keys has small ornamental turning touches. This classical instrument with eight brass keys (additional key of Bb may be added), pitched at A-430Hz. It has a rich dark tone and a solid and even chromatic scale. It is built out of curly maple with a nitric acid stain and is available with a choice of two bocals.

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• Wiesner Boot Keys

Sammuel Gottfried Wiesner, apprentice and successor of H.Grenser, brought this Saxon instrument to its final stages before being superceded by the modern German bassoon.

This instrument is based on a sixteen-keyed bassoon of remarkable playing characteristics and workmanship in the collection of Henk de Wit. Its nickel-silver keys include a high d key, an alternate Ab/G# key, a padded low C and closed low Bb key. Although the wider 'Almerader'-type bore was already long in existence at this time, an advertisement of 1849 describes this instrument and its merits in detail. It is built out of curly maple and can be tuned to favour a number of different pitches.

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