Getting started with the collection:
Ranket
anonymous, c. 1780
The ranket, or racket, was already known at the beginning of the 16th century. This is a bassoon in which the single wind channel is so contorted that it fits into this compact shape. The finger holes are visible on the exterior of the instrument.
- Artwork typemusical instrument, wind instrument, bassoon, racket
- Object numberBK-NM-11430-111
- Physical characteristicsvruchtenhout, messing, kurk















