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Trumpet
late 19th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Plastic
Dimensions
Length 55 cm (21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1980
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionMade of ivory-colored celluloid. Integral cup-mouthpiece. The tonality is, approximately, G-sharp.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)