Basset Horn in F

Medium

Cocus, boxwood, silver, nickel-silver

Dimensions

L. end to end 845mm, Approx. tube L. 1125mm, mouthpiece (excl tenon) 73mm, angle barrel, c. 83mm, upper body section (excl tenon) 270mm, lower body section 351mm, kasten 86mm, erect bell 210 mm, reed cap 65mm

Classification

Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1956

Accession Number

56.94a–e