Tenor saxophone. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Adolphe Sax

Alternative Title

Tenor saxophone.

Instrument

Tenor saxophone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Adolphe Sax

Place Made

Western Europe; Europe; Paris; France

Date Made

1867

Description

Technical description: Brass; curved body and crook; fitting for music card holder. Cocus wood mouthpiece with inlaid silver ferrule and brass ligature. Bracing underneath crook and between bell and body. Brass thumb rest and loop for attaching neck strap. L0: Two simple octave keys. L1: B₄; D₃; D₆; E♭₆; F₆. L2: A₄. L3: G₄. L4: G♯₄; B₄; B♭₄. R1: F₄; side B♭₄; C₅. R2: E₄. R3: D₄. R4: E♭₄; C₄. Keymount type: pillars on plates. Keyhead type: modern. Serial number: 32876. Overall size: 803 from top of crook to bottom of u bend. Sounding length: 1301 (without mouthpiece). Bore: at proximal end of crook 12.8; at distal end of crook 26.3; bell diameter, 137.1. Inscription: on front of bell "SAINT CECILE" within ribbon / "No 9. / D E / BOLBEC S.INF."; on side of bell "No. 32876 / Saxophone tenor en Si b / Adolphe Sax Fteur. Brevete / de la Mson. Milre. de l'Empereur / 50 rue St. Georges a Paris" and monogram AS with "PARIS" on stem of "S"; on side of bell near rim (upside down) "HS" and "39 / 1867 / 1". Mouthpiece stamped with illegible stamp in an oval cartouche. Usable pitch: from A₄ = 455 Hz to A₄ = 460 Hz.

Notes

R. Parks, 6.11.04. Melanie Piddocke, 24.11.10; Bill Blackwood, 5.1.11.

Measurements

803 from top of crook to bottom of u-bend.

Provenance

Purchased, 2004.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

4427