Object Details
- Description
This sarrusophone was made by an unknown maker, probably Italy, in the mid-19th century. It is a 16-keyed instrument in bassoon form in the key of E-flat, made of brass. This instrument is very similar to a contrabass sarrusophone.
This instrument was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892. Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- mid 19th century
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 62 in x 11 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in; 157.48 cm x 29.21 cm x 26.3525 cm
- Object Name
- sarrusophone
