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Brass
Serpents, Ophicleides, and Bass Horns
Ophicleide, C, high pitch
Date: 1840-1850 ca.
Place Made:United States, North America
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass
Single-coil bocal
Eleven curved keys, bottom key open, all others closed;
Piillar mounts, brass flat springs.
Amateur-maker elements, possibly made in the United States after French or English models.
Single-coil bocal
Eleven curved keys, bottom key open, all others closed;
Piillar mounts, brass flat springs.
Amateur-maker elements, possibly made in the United States after French or English models.
DimensionsHeight: 1080 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 200 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 200 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart, “Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” SMM
Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 15.
Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 15.
Object number: 02415