Ophicleide, C, low pitch
Date1835-1840 ca.
Place MadeFrance, Europe
Serial No.258
SignednoneMarkingsWritten on paper label on case: MESSRS PITT & SCOTT LTD / 32, GOODINGE ROAD / LONDON N. 7. / Per Rly / " Goods"
Stamped on bow guard and B-natural key: 258 [five-pointed star]
DescriptionBrass
Eleven flat brass keys, pillar mounted with brass flat springs, lowest key open with adjustment screw, all others closed.
Bocal with U-shaped tuning slide; fixed to instrument's receiver with wing screw.
DimensionsHeight: 1050 mm
Bell diameter: 202 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart, “Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” SMM
Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 16.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02414
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1840-1850 ca.
1820 ca.