Milhouse, William Bassoons

The Hichwa-Rachor database contains five original bassoons of William Milhouse. He worked in London from 1787 to 1840 and is the brother of Richard Milhouse. Note that, like his brother Richard, he spelled Milhouse with only one “L.”

William Milhouse Literature
[Revised 28 January 2025]

Adkins, Cecil. “William Milhouse and the English Classical Oboe.” Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 22 (1996): 42–88. [Mostly concerns the oboes of William Milhouse, but it contains some important insights into the entire Milhouse family]

Hofer, Achim, et al. Lexikon der Holzblasinstrumente, 481. Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 2018.

Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music, Vol. 1, 440. Buren: Frits Knuf, 1978, .

Langeveld, Erik. Tentoonstelling van fagotten, prenten, boeken, en manuscripten uit de collectie van Henk de Wit, 18. Amsterdam: De Ijsbreker, 1992.

Lasocki, David. “New Light on Eighteenth-Century English Woodwind Makers from Newspaper Advertisements.” 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, 14. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, 1993.

Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.

Waterhouse, William. The Proud Bassoon, 8. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, 1983.

Young, Phillip. 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.