Baritone Helicon
Object type: Baritone Helicon
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian or German
Artist: Giuseppe Pelitti
Artist bio: Italian, Varese 1811–1865 Milan
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Italian, born Varese
Date: mid-19th century, after 1846
Medium: Brass, nickel-silver
Dimensions: L. perpendicular to bell: 67.3 cm (27-1/4 in.); Diam. of bell: 23.9 cm (9-1/2 in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Geography:     Germany or Italy  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889