Vermigli Natural Horn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This horn was made by Francesco Vermigli in Siena, Italy, undetermined date. It is a natural horn, made of brass with red painted (inside) bell. The instrument is marked:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>VERMIGLI FRANCESCO<br>IN SIENA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This horn 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.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Tuscany, Siena
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095319
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95319
objectType: label: Object Name
content: horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: horn: 14 7/8 in x 16 5/8 in x 10 1/8 in; 37.7825 cm x 42.2275 cm x 25.7175 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 3/8 in x 1/2 in; 8.5725 cm x 1.27 cm