The Hichwa-Rachor database contains one original bassoon of Dondeine and one copy based on a Dondeine bassoon in the Hichwa-Rachor database. Very little is known about this maker; there are no other instruments by Dondeine except the bassoon in the Bate Collection. It is speculated that he flourished in France in the early 19th Century.
Dondeine Literature [Revised 8 February 2025]
Dart, Mathew. The Baroque Bassoon: form, construction, acoustics and playing qualities, 475-478. PhD thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2011.
Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music, Vol. 1, 361. Buren: Frits Knuf, 1978.
Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Dondeine, 5 key bassoon; Dondeine-C-Cottet1-Rapoport
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Dondeine, 4 key bassoon; Dondeine1-O-Bate
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