Title: Bass Clarinet in B-flat
Object type: Bass Clarinet in C (?)
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Italian
Artist:  Giacinto Riva 
Artist bio: Italian, active 1839–72
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Maker
Medium: boxwood, ebony, nickel-silver
Dimensions: L. end to end (excluding ring on butt end). 665 mm; 
Bell Diam. 135 mm.; 
Tube L. ca. 1037 mm; 
Mouthpiece: 92 mm; 
Crook. ca. 200 mm; 
Upper right (bassoon: 'wing' section) 238 mm; 
Butt section 270 mm; 
Upper left (bassoon: 'long' section) 282 mm; 
Bell 184 mm.
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Persiceto   Italy      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY