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Soprano trombone

(German, active before 1748–after 1785)
1781
Object PlacePfaffendorf, Germany
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 51.5 cm (20 1/4 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2006
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on garland: IOHANN IOSEPH SCHMIED MACHTS IN PFAFFENDORF 1781
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)
Restricted: For reference only
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about 1840