Title: Half-Contra Bassoon
Object type: Half-Contra Bassoon
Date: after 1853
Culture: French
Artist:  Galander 
Artist bio: French, active 1834–1855
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Maple, brass
Dimensions: Length (end to end)  1545 mm, Length of tube ca.  2888 mm, Diameter of bell 212 mm, Crook ca. 370 mm, Length of wing section  553 mm, Length of butt section  464 mm, Length of short wooden section between long section and bell  140 mm, Length of long section  639 mm, Length of bell  443 mm.
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-double reed
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Paris   France      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY