Porthaux Paris

France, Ca. 1790

Stamp:

on all joints:
(crown)
PORTHAUX
À PARIS

Wood:

fruitwood

Keys:

5 flat, helmet-shaped brass keys

Lenght:

125 cm

Details:

Swallowtail F key

Porthaux, Dominique Antony
b.ca. 1751 d.1839.

1808 published an ”avis aux artistes et amateurs du basson”.

Ozi (1787) wrote approvingly of the bassoons of “ M. Porthaux”

Bibliography:

Ozi 1787
Pierre 1893
Haine 1985
Devries and Lesure 1979
Young 1993
Langwill 1993

Collection ID:

33