Bassoon makers explained

This article contains a list of notable bassoon makers. The lists are split up according to the two different systems used to construct the bassoon.

Historic

• Rottenburgh family, Brussels 18th century

German (Heckel system) Bassoons

• Wilhelm Heckel
• Yamaha
• Fox Products^[1]
• W. Schreiber
• Püchner^[2]
• Conn-Selmer
• Linton^[3]
• Moosmann^[4]
• Kohlert
• Moennig/Adler^[5]
• B.H. Bell^[6]
• Walter^[7]
• Stephan Leitzinger^[8]
• Guntram Wolf
• Mollenhauer Bassoons
• Amati^[9]
• Thore^[10]

Beginning Bassoons

Several factories in the People's Republic of China produce inexpensive beginner-level instruments that go by the names of these brands. These are similar in size to a Tenoroon and sometimes colloquially referred to as a "fagottini".

• Laval
• Haydn
• Lark
• Guntram Wolf (located in Germany)

Buffet (French) Bassoons

• Buffet Crampon (French system)
• Yannick Ducasse
• AJ musique

See also

• Bassoon

References

1. http://www.foxproducts.com/ Fox Products
2. http://www.puchner.com/ Püchner
3. http://www.lintonwoodwinds.com/ Linton
4. http://www.b-moosmann.de/ Moosmann
5. http://www.moennig-adler.de/ Moennig/Adler
6. http://www.bellbassoons.com/ B.H. Bell
7. Web site: Home . walter-fagott.de.
8. Web site: Leitzinger – Manufaktur für handgefertigte Fagotte.
9. https://www.amati.cz/en/products/wooden-instruments/bassoons Amati Kraslice
10. https://thore-woodwind.com/bassoons/ Thore Woodwind Kraslice