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Ophicleide

Brass throughout: 11 keys with slightly cupped covers mounted on pillars on base plates with screw pivots: with lyre: the mouthpiece authentic.

  • Date:
    circa 1850
  • Maker:
    Gautrot, Pierre-Louis l'aîné [Person]
  • Collection:
    Royal College of Music Museum
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  • Place of production:
    Paris
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  • Inscriptions:"GA" in an oval panel with a fouled anchor mark between the initial letters
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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Length: circa 1065mm