overall: 8 in x 7 in x 52 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 17.78 cm x 133.35 cm
Object Name:
trumpet marine (composite instrument)
Date made:
19th century
Description:
<p>This trumpet marine was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, probably 19th century. This is a composite instrument made of a table of spruce, two-piece back of plain fruitwood cut on the slab, grafted hardwood neck is terminated in a hardwood pegbox and closed scroll with three volutes, and opaque brown varnish </p>
<p>The object is composed of unrelated fragments and does not appear to have ever functioned as a musical instrument in this form. The grafted neck bears a crude 18th century cello (or viol?) pegbox fragment and scroll. Acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892.</p>
<p>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>
Location:
Currently not on view
Related Publication:
Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
