Cornet-trompe in D
Object type: Cornet-trompe in D
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Alphonse (Antoine) Sax
Artist bio: Belgian, active France, Brussels 1822–1874 Paris
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Belgian
Date: ca. 1862
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: L. perp. to bell  33.9 cm. (without mouthipiece), Diam. of bell  22.5 cm., Diam. of bore  0.274 inside receiver
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889