Bass saxtuba in E-flat

Title	Bass saxtuba in E-flat
Artist	Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax
Date	1855 19th century
Medium	brass
Classification	Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Origin	French French
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

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