Dolciano (bassoon with a single reed), oboe, bassoon (developed from the bass pommer by Afranio in Ferrara in 1539), oboe da caccia (bassoon raised a 4th in pitch) and basset horn (alto clarinet, invented in 1770). Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.
Dolciano (bassoon with a single reed), oboe, bassoon (developed from the bass pommer by Afranio in Ferrara in 1539), oboe da caccia (bassoon raised a 4th in pitch) and basset horn (alto clarinet, invented in 1770). Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.