Bassoon
Object type: Bassoon
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Giosue Esposito
Artist bio: Naples, active late 19th century
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Naples
Date: 1881
Medium: Maple, nickel-silver
Dimensions: 51 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 in. (131.4 × 8.9 × 5.1 cm)
Width (With bocal): 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Geography:  Naples   Italy  
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2003
Accession year: 2003