Shawm in B-flat

Medium

Wood, bone, pewter or lead, brass

Dimensions

L.: 32.5 cm (12-7/8 in.); Diam. of bell: 7 cm ( 2-3/4)L. of body section: 285 cm (11-1/4 in.); L. of foot section: 5.4 cm (2-1/8 in.)

Classification

Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed

Culture

European

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.2151