Contrabass Saxhorn in E-flat
Object type: Contrabass Saxhorn in E-flat
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax
Artist bio: Belgian, Dinant, Belgium 1814–1894 Paris
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Belgian, active France
Date: ca. 1845–60
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: Overall: 27.9 x 101.7cm (11 x 40 1/16in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889