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Contrabassoon

(1808 or 1809–1871)
about 1840
Object PlaceVienna, Austria
Medium/TechniqueMaple, brass
DimensionsLength 169.3 cm (66 5/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1928
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on ?: [eagle] / Stehle / formals / Kuss / Wien; Engraved on butt-joint ferrule: Kaiser K. Hof - Capellen / Instrument [foliage]
ProvenanceFrancis 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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