InstrumentAlto saxophone |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerButler |
Place MadeUnited Kingdom; Europe; London; England |
Date MadeCirca 1895 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Silver-plated keys. Curved body (silver-plated). Lowest note is written B₃. No rollers on extant keys.
L0: Automatic octave keys.
L1: B₄; bis key (B♭₄); D₆; E♭₆.
L2: A₄.
L3: G₄.
L4: Articulated G♯₄; C♯₄; B₃.
R1: F₄; side B♭₄; C₅; E₆.
R2: E₄,
R3: D₄.
R4: E♭₄; C₄.
Keymount type: rod and pillar.
Keyhead type: modern.
Overall size: 556 (incomplete body?); bell diameter 111.
Sounding length: 745 to top of body (possibly incomplete?).
Bore: at top 10.
Inscription: on front of bell with monogram GB / "BUTLER / HAYMARKET / LONDON / & / DUBLIN".
Repair History: 8 keys detached, some of these missing; crook and mouthpiece missing. Ferrule at top of body missing.
Usable pitch: Plays at c60 cents above A₄ = 452.4 Hz. |
NotesN. Parks, 26.10.96, Aug 1991; R. Parks, 8.6.96. Melanie Piddocke, 11.12.10. |
Measurements556 (incomplete body?); bell diameter 111. |
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust. |
CollectionGlen Collection; MIMEd |
Accession Number1215 |