InstrumentTenor saxophone |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerAdolphe Sax fils |
Place MadeWestern Europe; Europe; Paris; France |
Date MadeCirca 1907-1928 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Curved body and crook (silver-plated); thread lapping for mouthpiece; ebonite mouthpiece (not original) with brass ligature and cap. With box and screw for music card-holder. Rollers between B♭, B and C♯ keys for L4, and between C and E♭ keys for R4.
L0: Automatic octave keys.
L1: B₄; bis key (B♭₄); D₆; E♭₆; F₆.
L2: A₄.
L3: G₄.
L4: Articulated G♯₄; C♯₄; B₃; B♭₃.
R1: F₄; side B♭₄; C₅; E₆.
R2: E₄.
R3: D₄; F♯₄.
R4: E♭₄; C₄.
Keymount type: Pillars mounted on plates.
Keyhead type: Modern keyheads.
Serial number: 243.
Overall size: 860; bell diameter 157.
Sounding length: air column length of body 1380.
Bore: at proximal end of crook 13.2; at distal end of crook 26.4.
Inscription: on side of bell with AS Fils trademark / "1 ER GRAND PRIX / DE / La Facture Instrumentale" / "MEDAILLE D'OR 1900" within scroll / "Adolphe SAX / 84. RUE MYRHA / PARIS / No. 243"; mouthpiece inscribed "LONDON / ENGLAND / Berg Larsen / REG. DESIGN / 851427/8".
Decorative features: mother-of-pearl buttons; floral pattern around inscription on bell.
Usable pitch: Plays at A₄ = c 435 Hz.
Illustration references: Vol. 1 p. 105. |
NotesN. Parks, 26.10.96, 11.07.87; R. Parks, 1.6.96. Melanie Piddocke, 11.12.10. |
Measurements860; bell diameter 157. |
Provenanceon loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number1609 |