Soprano saxophone, B-flat, low pitch
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1885-1920 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.14378
SignedEngraved on bell: [lyre] / BUFFET / (script) Crampon & Cie / A PARIS / BC (monogram) / (script) Evette & Schaeffer / **[Ance Mon] Buffet – Crampon & Cie / Brevetés s.g.d.g. / **[18 + 20] Passage du Gd Cerf / Paris / 14378 *bracketed portions cut off in shortening of bellMarkingsEngraved vertically along right side of signature: (script) Carl Fischer / New YorkDescriptionStraight soprano. Nickel-plated, unlacquered. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces, ebonite (?) rollers. Has been crudely shortened at the bell end and one low tone-hole filled in.ProvenancePreviously a part of the collection owned by Dr. Hewitt A. Waggener, Los Angeles, California, and the Cecil B. Leeson Collection, Muncie, Indiana.
Credit LineTransfer from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1994
Object number05735
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