Alto saxophone, low pitch
Makerby
Charles Mahillon
Date1878-1900 ca.
Place MadeBrussels, Belgium, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedStamped on bell: C. MAHILLON / FOURNISSEUR BREVETE / DE L’ARMEE / ET DES / CONSERVATOIRES / BRUXELLES FRANCE / SUPERIEURE / Vandoren / PARISMarkingsText of metal plaque on bell: MANUFACTURE GENERALE D’INSTRUMENTS DE MUSIQUE MEDAILLE D’OR / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE / PARIS 1878DescriptionNumber and types of sections: Two sections: Neck and body with attached bellLocation of keys on bell from player’s perspective:
Split: Low C# on right side of bell, low B on left side of bell
Material: silver plated brass
Lacquer: none
Range: (Written range) B3 – F6
Fingering System:
High F# key: none
Bis Bb key: none
Side Bb key: yes
Forked F# key: none
Side C key: yes
Rollers: none
Octave touchpiece(s): two
Alternate high F key: none
Touchpiece material: brass, probably once silver-plated brass
Type of key mount: Rods and posts attached to base plates soldered on
Type of thumbrest: brass, probably once silver-plated brass
Lyre holder: yes
Neckstrap attachment: yes
Water key: none
Special items (G# trill key, split Eb key, etc.) and location: none
Patents: noneDimensionsTotal height straight line – 586 mm (23”)
Total height curve from above from neck to bottom – 735 mm (28 7/8”)
Total height of body straight line – 524 mm (20 5/8”)
Bell diameter – 112 mm (4 3/8”)
Height of bottom to bottom of bell – 195 mm (7 5/8”)
Height of bottom to top of bell – 271 mm (10 5/8”)
Length of neck straight line – 151 mm (5 15/16”)
Length of neck curve from above – 213 mm (8 3/8”)
Length of bell’s flare from inside bell – 11 mm (3/8”)
Length of bell’s flare from outside bell – 11 mm (3/8”)
Width of bottom straight line, from key guard but not including key guard –
116 mm (4 ½”)
Width of outside of bottom bow, from ferrule to ferrule – 221 mm (8 11/16”)
Height of mouthpiece – 87 mm (3 3/8”)
Circumference of mouthpiece at widest point – 94 mm (3 11/16”)ProvenancePreviously a part of the Dr. Hewitt A. Waggener, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. collection; given to the Cecil B. Leeson Collection, Muncie, Indiana, U.S.A.
Credit LineTransfer from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1994
Object number05743
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