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Bassoon
Probably by: Pierre Joseph Cuvillier (1779–1847)
about 1810
Object Place: St. Omer, France
Medium/Technique
Maple, brass
Dimensions
Length 126.4 cm (49 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marshall Sparberg, M.D.
Accession Number1988.276
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
InscriptionsStamped: [lyre] / CUVILLIER / A ST. OMER / [caduceus]
ProvenanceBy 1981, Lillian Caplin, The Center for Musical Antiquities, New York; 1981, sold by Caplin to Dr. Marshall Sparberg, Chicago, Illinois; 1988, gift of Sparberg to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 1988)