The Hichwa-Rachor database contains two original bassoons of Johann August Crone (1727-1804). He was the son of Gottlieb Crone and a member of an instrument-making family active in Leipzig. He was a wealthy man who succeeded in making and selling instruments.
Johann August Crone Literature
[Revised 7 February 2025]
Dullat, Günter. Verzeichnis der Holz- und Metallblasinstrumentenmacher auf deutschsprachigem Gebiet von 1500 bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing: Scheider, 2010.
Heyde, Herbert. Musikinstrumentenbau in Preussen, 67. Tutzing: Schneider, 1994.
Heyde, Herbert. Rohrblattinstrumente Katalog [Leipzig: Grassi Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig]. unpublished manuscript, 1979.
Heyde, Herbert. “Der Holzblasinstrumentenbau in Leipzig in der 2. Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts,” 482, 483. TIBIA (Moeck), no. 3 (1987).
Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music, Vol. 1, 352. Buren: Frits Knuf, 1978.
Wit, Paul de. Katalog des Musikhistorischen Museums, 127, 128. Leipzig: 1903. [de Wit No. 384].
Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Young, Phillip. 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments. London: Tony Bingham, 1993
Crone, 8 key bassoon; CroneIA1-O-Leipzig1383
CroneIA1-O-Leipzig1383 General Information
CroneIA1-O-Leipzig1383 Data Spreadsheet
Crone, Johann August, 5 key bassoon; CroneIA2-O-Kiefer
CroneIA2-O-Kiefer General Information
CroneIA2-O-Kiefer Data Spreadsheet