Contrabass Valve Ophicleide in D
Object type: Contrabass Valve Ophicleide in D
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Austrian
Artist: Leopold Uhlmann
Artist bio: Austrian, 1806–1878
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Austrian
Date: ca. 1840
Medium: Brass, nickel-silver
Dimensions: 59 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 11 3/8 in., 10 lb. (151.1 × 47 × 28.9 cm, 4535.97g)
Diameter (Of bell): 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Geography:  Vienna   Austria  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889