Megaphone
Date1850 ca.
Place MadeFrance, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionTin, painted black with golden stripes and decoration; mouthpiece edge leather-covered, straight conical tubing with funnel-shaped bell.
French theatre megaphone.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 990 mm
Bore diameter at mouthpiece 22-39 mm
Bell diameter 187 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Jean Michel Renard, Bellenaves, France.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 236–37, 271.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07152
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1965-1985 ca.
