Title: Bass saxhorn in B-flat
Object type: Bass saxhorn
Date: 1863
Culture: French
Artist:  Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax 
Artist bio: Belgian, Dinant, Belgium 1814–1894 Paris
Artist nationality: Belgian, active France
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: 32 1/2 × 19 × 8 in. (82.6 × 48.3 × 20.3 cm)
Diameter (Of bell): 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1993
Geography:  Paris   France      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY