16-keyed Sarrusophone
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sarrusophone was made by an unknown maker, probably Italy, in the mid-19th century. It is a 16-keyed instrument in bassoon form in the key of E-flat, made of brass. This instrument is very similar to a contrabass sarrusophone.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This instrument 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
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095277
label: catalog number
content: 95277
label: accession number
content: 26256
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sarrusophone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 in x 11 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in; 157.48 cm x 29.21 cm x 26.3525 cm