Tenor saxophone. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Adolphe Sax fils

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Instrument

Tenor saxophone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Adolphe Sax fils

Place Made

Western Europe ; Europe ; Paris ; France

Date Made

Circa 1907-1928

Description

Technical 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.

Notes

N. Parks, 26.10.96, 11.07.87; R. Parks, 1.6.96. Melanie Piddocke, 11.12.10.

Measurements

860; bell diameter 157.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

1609