Over-the-Shoulder bass saxhorn in E-flat
Object type: Over-the-Shoulder bass saxhorn in E-flat
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: American
Artist: Ernst Seltmann
Artist bio: Saxony 1828–1883 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Brass, nickel-silver
Dimensions: 58 1/8 × 9 3/4 × 11 in., 7.5 lb. (147.6 × 24.8 × 27.9 cm, 3401.978g)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
Geography:  Philadelphia  Pennsylvania United States  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889