D basset horn
date: label: Date made
content: 1808-1835
name: label: maker
content: Griesling & Schlott
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This basset horn was made by Griesling & Schlott in Berlin, Germany around 1808 to 1835. It is a basset horn in F, made of boxwood with ivory and brass ferrules, an ivory elbow joint, and brass keys and a brass bell. There are three barrel sections, of different lengths for tuning, marked "1," "2," and "3," respectively. This basset horn is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>GRIESLING<br>& SCHLOTT<br>in BERLIN</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin, Berlin
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Clarinets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of June M. Holderer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.384091
label: accession number
content: 173731
label: catalog number
content: 384091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: basset horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 5 1/2 in x 20 in; 68.58 cm x 13.97 cm x 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: cap: 2 3/8 in x 1 7/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 3.65125 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 1/2 in x 1 in; 8.89 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel 1: 3 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 9.525 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel 2: 3 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 8.255 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel 3: 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: upper joint: 12 7/16 in x 2 in; 31.59125 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: elbow: 2 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: lower joint: 15 3/16 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 38.57625 cm x 7.3025 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 9 5/16 in x 5 11/16 in x 3 11/16 in; 23.65375 cm x 14.44625 cm x 9.36625 cm