Schreiber | Model S13 Bassoon

The Schreiber S13 is an excellent German short reach bassoon, perfect for any children or players with small hands. Like the standard S16 model, it has excellent intonation and wonderful sound offers its players the best possibilities for further development.

The Schreiber S13 is an excellent short reach bassoon, made in Germany, that is extremely popular for children or players with small hands.

The instrument is made from alpine maple that has been matured over ten years, finished with a polished, polyurethane varnish. The finish is transparent, which allows the natural beauty of the instrument to come through, but also durable, due to the 13 layers that are routinely applied. All the socket liners in the boot joint are made of brass, which prevents chipping and cracking, and offers durable stability. The tenon caps of the wing and long joints are made of metal to prevent cracking and damage. A special epoxy resin lining in the wing and round to the Ab tone hole in the boot joint resists moisture induced wood rot. Hard rubber finger hole inserts protrude into the bore to prevent build-up of moisture.

The S13 features a 22 key set up, including a plateau key for the left hand third finger, a high-D key, a high mounted F, F# and Ab touch piece, a closed ring key on the wing joint, a longer A, C# and whisper key touch piece, a high mounted C# and Eb touch piece on the long joint, as well as  4 rollers from F to Ab for the right hand thumb, and C# to Eb for the left hand little finger. All of the key work is silver-plated.

Howarth supplies all Schreiber bassoons with a durable and attractive case with a cordura cover, an option to wear as a backpack, a sheet music and an accessories compartment, a shoulder harness, silk pull-throughs, La Tromba cork grease, a reed box for four reeds and two hand-hammered, silver-plated nickel KER crooks, lengths 1 and 2.