Ophicleide
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Brass
Measurements
990 mm (Length); 212 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335330
Summary
Ophicleide in C, anon. c.1830. Brass, no mouthpiece. Pads stamped 'Gordon Beeson Pat. Pad'. One key missing at the base. In notebook no.4, page 5 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 33. Brass Ophicleide incomplete.'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 5