Kies Basset Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1818 - 1822
name: label: maker
content: Kies, W.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This basset horn was made by Wolfgang Kies (Küss) in Vienna, Austria around 1818 to 1822. It is a 10-keyed basset horn in F, made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and has square brass keys and a brass bell. This basset horn is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>W. KIES<br>WEIN</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This basset 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: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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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
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.095295
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95295
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: 36 in x 4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 in; 91.44 cm x 12.065 cm x 13.97 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: joint: 4 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: joint: 10 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 26.3525 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: joint: 6 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 15.875 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: joint: 6 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: joint: 6 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 16.51 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 5 9/16 in x 4 7/8 in; 14.12875 cm x 12.3825 cm