Bassoon (Boehm system)
Angelo Gaëtan Philippe Marzoli
(died in 1865)
about 1865
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueRosewood, nickel silver
DimensionsLength 132.7 cm (52 1/4 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1927
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on wingjoint and bell: BREVETE / [monogram] / A. MARZOLI A PARIS; Stamped on bell: 92ProvenanceBy 1890, belonged to a 60th Rifle Battalion of the British Armed Forces [according to the Royal Military Exhibition, 1890]; by 1916, acquired by Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by 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)
