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Bass recorder

Johann Christoph Denner (German, 1655–1707)

about 1700

Object PlaceNuremberg, Germany

Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, brass, ivory

DimensionsLength without bocal 96.8 cm (38 1/8 in.)

Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund and Musical Instruments Curator's Fund

Accession number1987.550

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsStamped: [in scroll: I. C. DENNER] / D / IProvenanceBefore 1987, sold by source unidentified, Cremona, Italy, to Gerhard Stradner (then curator of musical instruments at the Kuntshistorisches Museum), Vienna, Austria; by 1987, sold by Stradner to Tony Bingham, London, England; 1987, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 25, 1987)