Author: KayDee80
Date: 2012-04-11 09:21
Hi there,
I too have a Richter bassoon, which I bought from Wood, Wind and Reed in Cambridge, UK in 2003. It was described on my receipt as an 'old German bassoon' and they didn't know anything about it, other than that they were selling it on commission for a family whose father had played it before he died. It is obviously quite old and well-worn, but I don't know when it was made. My bassoon is serial number 1 (that's it, just '1', stamped on the metal u-bend bit at the bottom). I've never seen another anywhere else. Before I had the Richter, I used to play on an old Schreiber bassoon, and my Richter feels a lot like it - it even has the same keywork, with the distinctive Schreiber pins with the curled ends. I assumed that my bassoon was basically a Schreiber which had been stamped up by someone else, or perhaps a prototype someone had made, but bought in Schreiber keywork for it, but I don't know. A former colleague of mine said he'd seen a couple of Richter bassoons in the Birmingham area, again with single-digit serial numbers. I'd be interested to know if anyone finds out anything more about them!
Karen
Post Edited (2012-04-11 09:31)
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