Fox
Musical Instruments
Bassoons
Fox Thick Wall Models
Model 601 & Model
660 are both made of mountain
maple with a tiger striped mahogany finish, white bell ring, silver
plating and come with CVC bocals. Black maple, ebony finish, metal
bell ring and CVX bocals are available.
Fox Short Bore Models
Model 101 & Model
201 are both made of mountain
maple with a tiger striped mahogany finish, white bell ring, silver
plating and come with CVX bocals. Black maple, ebony finish, metal
bell ring and CVC bocals are available.
Fox Long Bore Models
Model I &
Model II are both made of mountain maple with a
tiger striped mahogany finish, white bell ring, silver plating
and come with CVX bocals. Black maple, ebony finish, metal bell
ring and CVC bocals are available.
Model II bassoons are made of polypropylene with
a white bell ring, silver plating and come with CVX bocals.
Model IV bassoons are made of polypropylene with
a white bell ring, nickel plating and come with CVX bocals.
Renard Short Bore
Models
Model 240 bassoons are made of red maple with a
dark mahogany finish, metal bell ring, silver plating and come
with CVX bocals.
Renard Long Bore
Models
Model 220 bassoons are made of black maple with
a dark mahogany finish, metal bell ring, silver plating and come
with CVX bocals.
Model 222 bassoons are made of sugar maple with
a dark mahogany finish, white bell ring, nickel plating and come
with C bocals.
Model 41 bassoons are made of polypropylene with
a white bell ring, nickel plating and come with C bocals.
Model
51 bassoons are made of polypropylene with
a white bell ring, nickel plating and come with C bocals.
Bassoon Options
- Body Lock (included on all student
instruments)
- High E Key
- High E Key with offset E &
F# spatulas
- Double high E key
- Double high E & F keys
- High A bridge to whisper key,
with roller
- Left hand Eb trill key
- Right hand Eb trill key with
alternate C# trill key position
- Combination (Right hand and
left hand) Eb trill key
- Thumb Ab/Bb trill key
- Whisper key lock, left hand
(instead of right hand)
- Whisper key lock, right hand
(included on Models 220 & 240
- Special whisper key lock, right
hand, type II (slide)(included on professional models)
- Special whisper key lock, right
hand, type III (rotary)
- Little finger whisper key
- Right thumb whisper key spatula
- Auxiliary low C extension
- High G#/A ring key
- High D key (included on all
but Models 41, 51, and 222)
- Low C & D spatulas for right
thumb (Cuciureanu)
- Automatic low Eb & Db Mechanism
(Cuciureanu)
- Single spatula low Eb/Db mechanism
- Articulate low E/F# trill (Cuciureanu)
- Articulated Ab/Bb trill, with
clutch (Cuciureanu)
- Articulated Ab/Bb trill, without
clutch
- Bb guard (included on professional
models)
- C# trill key guard
- Rollers
- Crown on pancake key
- Double wide little finger F#,
with roller
- Ring key, left hand third finger
(model 222 only)
- Plateau key, left hand third
finger
- Balance hanger
- Tone hole inserts in wing and
boot
- Left thumb spatula for low Eb
- Auxiliary low C# mechanism
- Auxiliary low C# spatula
- Two piece bass joint, with special
case
Contrabassoons
Fox Contrabassoons are made of black maple with a dark mahogany
finish and silver plating.
Contrabassoon
Options
- Auxiliary spatula for top vent,
between lower vent and C# spatulas
- Auxiliary top vent spatula below
C# spatula
- Auxiliary C# spatula by top
vent spatula
- E/F# trill key (not available
with standard right hand 1st finger)
- Rollers on wing C/Eb
- Additional rollers
- Neck strap ring
- Right hand thumb G# spatula
- Eb key for right hand thumb
(instead of right hand 1st finger)
- Side key right hand Eb key (instead
of right hand 1st finger)
- Alternate Eb key for left little
finger (instead of right hand 1st finger)
- Alternate Eb key for left hand
thumb (instead of right hand 1st finger)
- Articulated Eb mechanism