Stanesby Sr, Thomas Bassoons

The Hichwa-Rachor database contains one original bassoon of Thomas Stanesby Senior (c.1668-1734) and two copies based on a Thomas Stanesby Senior bassoon in the Hichwa-Rachor database. He flourished in London from 1691 until his death in 1734. He is the father of the London woodwind maker Thomas Stanesby Junior.

Thomas Stanesby Sr 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.