Title: Basset Horn in F
Object type: Basset Horn in F
Date: ca. 1860
Culture: German
Artist:  Joseph Seidel 
Artist bio: 1820–1862
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Cocus, boxwood, silver, nickel-silver
Dimensions: L. end to end 845mm, Approx. tube L. 1125mm, mouthpiece (excl tenon) 73mm, angle barrel, c. 83mm, upper body section (excl tenon) 270mm, lower body section 351mm, kasten 86mm, erect bell 210 mm, reed cap 65mm
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1956
Geography:  Mainz   Germany      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY