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Ophicleide, C
Ophicleide, C
Ophicleide, C

Ophicleide, C

Date1840-1845 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.366
SignedEngraved within a laural wreath on the bell: METZLER / LONDON
MarkingsStamped on knob and B-natural key: 366
C-sharp key, marked: II
D key, marked: III
E-flat key, stamped: 20
DescriptionBrass
Bocal with U-shaped tuning slide; fixed to instrument with wing screw.
Eleven cupped keys, bottom key open, all others closed
Pillar mounts with steel needle springs.
DimensionsOverall height: ca. 980 mm (including knob)
Bell diameter: 210 mm

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974. Pp. 64, 66-67.

Gary M. Stewart, Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection, Shrine to Music Museum Catalog Vol. I (1980), page 13.

“Man Makes Rare Sounds,” TELENEWS, (January 1969), pp. 1, 4.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00429
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