Title: Bassoon
Object type: Bassoon
Date: 1881
Culture: Italian
Artist:  Giosue Esposito 
Artist bio: Naples, active late 19th century
Artist nationality: Naples
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Maple, nickel-silver
Dimensions: 51 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 in. (131.4 × 8.9 × 5.1 cm)
Width (With bocal): 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2003
Geography:  Naples   Italy      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY