Title: Bass Clarinet
Object type: Bass Clarinet
Date: ca. 1840
Culture: Italian
Artist: Probably Paolo Maino 
Artist bio: Italian, Milan active 1836–1881 Milan
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Wood, nickel-silver, brass
Dimensions: L. end to end: 845 mm; Diam of bell 155mm; L. of tube, ±1733 mm; mouthpiece 110 mm; crook ±210 mm; upper r.h. (wing) section excl. tenon, ±317mm; butt ±245mm; upper l.h. (long) excl. tenon ±460mm; bell 153mm
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Milan?   Italy      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY