Soprano saxophone
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1885-1920 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelEvette & Schaeffer
Serial No.14169
SignedStamped on bell: BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A PARIS Stamped on bell: Evette & Schaeffer / Ance Mon Buffet Crampon & Cie / 18 & 20 Passage du Gd Cerf / Paris / 14169MarkingsStamped next to signature text: MADE IN / FRANCE / LP
Engraved vertically to left of signature: Carl Fischer / New YorkDescriptionNumber and types of sections: Two sections: Body with attached neck and bell
Neck type: straight, attached
Location of keys on bell from player’s perspective: front side of bell
Material: brass
According to an old Leeson inventory list, this saxophone was listed as silver-plated.
Lacquer: yes, not original
Range: (Written range) Bb3 – Eb6
Fingering System:
High F# key: none
Bis Bb key: yes
Side Bb key: yes
Forked F# key: yes
Side C key: yes
Rollers: yes, black synthetic, on low C/Eb and on low B/low C#
Octave touchpiece(s): two
Alternate high F key: none
Touchpiece material: brass
Type of key mount: rods and posts attached to base plates soldered on
Type of thumbrest: brass
Lyre holder: yes
Neckstrap attachment: none
Water key: none
Special items (G# trill key, split Eb key, etc.) and location:
Split Eb key (donut)
Patents: Saxophone (US #638385)DimensionsTotal height – 652 mm (25 11/16”)
Bell diameter – 91 mm (3 9/16”)
Length of bell’s flare from inside bell – 8 mm (5/16”)
Length of bell’s flare from outside bell – 12 mm (7/16”)
Circumference at top – 50 mm (1 15/16”)
Circumference just over bell – 176 mm (6 15/16”)
Neck height curved from above (curved neck – if separate) – n/a neck attached
Length of neck (straight – if separate) – n/a neck attachedProvenancePreviously a part of the Dr. Hewitt A. Waggener Collection (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.). Later transferred to Cecil B. Leeson Collection, Muncie, Indiana. U.S.A.
Credit LineTransfer from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1994
Object number05753
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