Half-Contra Bassoon
Artwork Details
- Title: Half-Contra Bassoon
- Maker: Galander (French, active 1834–1855)
- Date: after 1853
- Geography: Paris, France
- Culture: French
- 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
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.1675
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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