Soprano bassoon (fagottino)

Johann Christoph Denner (German, 1655–1707)

about 1700

Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany

Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, brass

DimensionsLength 63.6 cm (25 1/16 in.)

Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Accession number17.1922

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsStamped on long and butt sections: [in scroll: I.C. DENNER] / DProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)