Soprano saxhorn, E-flat
Date1865-1880 ca.
Place DistributedUnited States, North America
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedUnsignedMarkingsStamped on rotors and rotor spindles: VIII
DescriptionBrass, single loop, upright bell, telescopic tuning slide with gear at leadpipe, three top-action string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), stop arm, spiral-spring return.
The style of the braces may indicate Saxon origin. Similar bell-up E-flat sopranos were offered by various New York firms, such as Moses Slater and the Martin Brothers in catalogs of the 1870s.
DimensionsHeight: 448 mm
Tube length: 928 mm, 939 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11.1 mm
Bore diameter valve slides: 10.5 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 10.5 mm, 10.1 mm
Bell diameter: 137 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from Robert Hazen, Bethesda, Maryland.
Published ReferencesSilva, Ana Sofia. "Digging the Fifties: A Curatorial Perspective on 50 Objects from the NMM Collections." NMM Notes (October 2023): 24.
Sabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 208, 231, 250-251, 309.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06850
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1870 ca.
1870-1880 ca.