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Pair of timpani and two mallets

19th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsHeights 37 cm and 38 cm, diameters 61 cm and 67.5 cm (Heights 14 9/16 in. and 14 15/16 in., diameters 24 in. and 26 9/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2019a-d
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
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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Bass recorder in C (after 16th-century type)
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