Bass ophicleide
A. G. Guichard
(active 1827–after 1845)
about 1840
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 114 cm (44 7/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1959
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: [trademark] / Guichard Breveté, / A PARIS; stamped on key shank nearest bell: 219ProvenanceFrancis 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)
