The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Musical Instruments
"Russian Bassoon" (Bass Horn)
probably French
- Date
- early 19th Century
- Medium
- wood, brass
- Dimensions
- L. 99.4cm (39 1/8in.); Bell diam. 26.5cm (10 7/16in.); L. butt section 38.5cm (15 3/16in.); L. wing section-protrudes 28.3cm (11 1/8in.); L. long section Protrudes 28.3cm (11 1/8in.); Crook L. ca. 78cm (30 11/16in.); Bell L. 37.4cm (14 3/4in.)
- Object type
- "Russian Bassoon" (Bass Horn)
- Classification
- Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
- Culture
- probably French
- Country
- France?
- Object number
- 89.4.2294
- Credit line
- The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
The Met object ID 504920. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.