Basset Horn in F
Object type: Basset Horn in F
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Joseph Seidel|Buffet, Crampon & Cie.
Artist bio: 1820–1862|founded 1859
Artist role: Maker|Maker
Artist nationality: German|French
Date: ca. 1860
Medium: Cocus, boxwood, silver, nickel-silver
Dimensions: L. end to end 845mm, Approx. tube L. 1125mm, mouthpiece (excl tenon) 73mm, angle barrel, c. 83mm, upper body section (excl tenon) 270mm, lower body section 351mm, kasten 86mm, erect bell 210 mm, reed cap 65mm
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
Geography:  Mainz   Germany  
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1956
Accession year: 1956