The Hichwa-Rachor database contains two original bassoons of Thomas Cahusac. He apprenticed to John Just Schuchart, and he worked in London from c.1738 to 1798. He was also a reed maker for oboes and bassoons. His son, Thomas Cahusac Jr. was also a wind instrument maker.
Thomas Cahusac Literature [Revised 7 February 2025]
Dart, Mathew. The Baroque Bassoon: form, construction, acoustics playing qualities, 182-183, 467-470. PhD thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2011.
Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music, Vol. 1, 347. Buren: Frits. Knuf, 1978.
Lasocki, David. “New Light on Eighteenth-Century English Woodwind Makers from Newspaper Advertisements” 102, 103. The Galpin Society Journal 63 (May 2010): 112–24.
Myers, Arnold. Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection, Vol. 2, Part E, Fascicle ii: Bassoons, 10. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, 1993.
Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Young, Phillip. 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments. London: Tony Bingham, 1993
Cahusac, 4 key bassoon; Cahusac1-O-Bate
Cahusac1-O-Bate General Information
Cahusac1-O-Bate Data Spreadsheet
Cahusac, 6 key bassoon; Cahusac2-O-Edinburgh
Cahusac2-O-Edinburgh General Information