Half-Contra Bassoon
Object type: Half-Contra Bassoon
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Galander
Artist bio: French, active 1834–1855
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 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
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889