Title: Basset Horn
Object type: Basset Horn
Date: 1798–1826
Culture: British
Artist:  G. Astor & Co. 
Artist bio: ca. 1798–ca. 1807
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Boxwood, ivory, brass
Dimensions: Length: 109.2 cm (43 in.); Diam of bell: 13.3 cm (5-1/4 in.); Mouthpiece: 8.5cm; upper body section 26.9cm; Elbow: 5cm; Lower body section; 22.7cm; Kasten14.8cm; Bell 22.3cm
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
Credit line: Gift of Misses Blumenberg, 1917
Geography:  London England  United Kingdom      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY