The Hichwa-Rachor database contains one original bassoon of Thomas Stanesby Junior (1692-1754). He flourished in London from p1713 until his death in 1754. He is the son of the London woodwind maker Thomas Stanesby Senior.
Thomas Stanesby Jr Literature
[Revised 1 February 2025]
Byrne, Maurice. “Some More on Stanesby Junior.” The Galpin Society Journal 45 (March 1992): 115–21.
Dart, Mathew. The Baroque Bassoon: Form, Construction, Acoustics, and Playing Qualities, 154-169, 445-453. PhD thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2011.
Halfpenny, Eric. “Biographical Notices of the Early English Woodwind-making School, c. 1650–1750.” The Galpin Society Journal 12 (June 1959): 44–52.
Halfpenny, Eric. “Further Light on the Stanesby Family.” The Galpin Society Journal 13 (July 1960): 59–69.
Hofer, Achim, et al. Lexikon der Holzblasinstrumente, 701, 702. Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 2018.
Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players and Music, Vol. 1, 486. Buren: Frits. Knuf, 1978.
Lasocki, David. “New Light on Eighteenth-Century English Woodwind Makers from Newspaper Advertisements.” The Galpin Society Journal 63 (May 2010): 112–24.
Lasocki, David. “Woodwind Makers in the Turners Company of London.” The Galpin Society Journal 65 (March 2012): 61–89.
Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Waterhouse, William. The Proud Bassoon, 6. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, 1983.
Young, Phillip. Loan Exhibition of Historic Double Reed Instruments. Victoria, Canada: University of Victoria, August 1988.
Young, Phillip. 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments. London: Tony Bingham, 1993.
Stanesby Jr, Thomas, 4 key bassoon; StanesbyJr1-O-Waterhouse
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