Bass Recorder
Object type: Bass Recorder
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Johann Schell
Artist bio: German, Nuremberg 1660–1732
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1700
Medium: Wood (fruit wood), brass, ivory
Dimensions: 39 × 3 × 3 in. (99.1 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Height (With bocal): 40 1/4 in. (102.2 cm)
Width (With bocal): 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Whistle Flute-recorder
Geography:  Nuremberg   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2009
Accession year: 2009