The Hichwa-Rachor database contains six original bassoons Alexandre François Joseph Pezé (1768, Arras-1835, Paris). He flourished in Paris from a1809 to 1830 in the 3rd arrondissement where other wind instrument makers such as Prudent, Porthaux, and Savary were located. The Pezé workshop specialized in clarinets, bassoons, and cabrettes. After the death of François Pezé, his son Louis continued until the firm was taken over by Nicolas Klemmer and by the 1850’s the workshop no longer made wind instruments, only pianos.
François Joseph Pezé Literature
[Revised 28 January 2025]
Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music, Vol. 1, 451. Buren: Frits Knuf, 1978.
Pierre, Constant. Les Facteurs d’Instruments de Musique: Les Luthiers et la Facture Instrumentale. Paris: Ed. Sagot, 1893.
Rice, Albert. Four Centuries of Musical Instruments: The Marlowe A. Sigal Collection, 195. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2015.
Unterberger, Agnès. “Pezé à Paris: La Maison Pezé aux XVIIIe et XIXe Siècles.” Larigot, Bulletin de l’Association des Collectionneurs d’Instruments à Vent, no. 63 (April 2019): 30–64.
Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Young, Phillip. 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Pezé, François, 8 key bassoon; Pezé1-O-Kampmann
Pezé1-O-Kampmann General Information
Pezé1-O-Kampmann Wg1, Wg2 Data Spreadsheet
Pezé, François, 9 key bassoon; Pezé2-O-Brugge
Pezé2-O-Brugge General Information
Pezé2-O-Brugge Data Spreadsheet
Pezé, François, 8 key bassoon; Pezé3-O-Kampmann
Pezé3-O-Kampmann General Information
Pezé3-O-Kampmann Wg1, Wg2, Wg3 Data Spreadsheet
Pezé, François, 6 key bassoon; Pezé4-O-BrusMIMIDK0024
Pezé4-O-BrusMIMIDK0024 General Information
Pezé4-O-BrusMIMIDK0024 Data Spreadsheet
Pezé4-O-BrusMIMIDK0024 Photos
Pezé, François, 9 key bassoon; Pezé5-O-Sigal2001.06
Pezé5-O-Sigal2001.06 General Information
Pezé5-O-Sigal2001.06 Data Spreadsheet
Pezé, François, 7 key bassoon; Pezé6-O-Watel231
Pezé6-O-Watel231 General Information