Half-Contra Bassoon
Galander
after 1853
Medium
Maple, brass
Dimensions
Length (end to end) 1545 mm, Length of tube ca. 2888 mm, Diameter of bell 212 mm, Crook ca. 370 mm, Length of wing section 553 mm, Length of butt section 464 mm, Length of short wooden section between long section and bell 140 mm, Length of long section 639 mm, Length of bell 443 mm.
Classification
Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Culture
French
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.1675