Bassoon

Pierre Joseph Cuvillier (1779–1847)

about 1810

Object PlaceSt. Omer, France

Medium/TechniqueMaple, brass

DimensionsLength 126.4 cm (49 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Marshall Sparberg, M.D.

Accession number1988.276

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsStamped: [lyre] / CUVILLIER / A ST. OMER / [caduceus]ProvenanceBy 1981, Lillian Caplin, The Center for Musical Antiquities, New York; 1981, sold by Caplin to Dr. Marshall Sparberg, Chicago, Illinois; 1988, gift of Sparberg to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 1988)