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Bassoon
Bassoon

Bassoon

William Milhouse (English, 1761–after 1835)
before 1787
Object PlaceNewark, England
Medium/TechniqueMaple, brass
DimensionsLength 123 cm (48 7/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1925
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on buttjoint: MILHOUSE / NEWARKProvenanceFrancis 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)
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