Baritone saxophone, E-flat
Makerby
Adolphe Sax
Date1878 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.40415
SignedEngraved vertically on bell: (script) No 40415 / Saxophone Baryton en mi b / Inventé par Ad.. Sax / Ad. Sax & Cie Fteur Breveté / 26 rue de Rocroy & 39 r. de Dunkerque /
Paris Stamped below signature: SEUL / GRAND PRIX / 1867 / AS (monogram)DescriptionOne-piece body and attached neck. Brass. “Restored,” polished and lacquered (clear lacquer) by G. Leblanc Corp. for Cecil Leeson. Thin, lightweight body construction, instrument is much lighter than modern instruments. Fingered range from low B-natural to high Eb. Dual octave keys. Side Bb only – no bis-Bb key or automated 1:1 Bb fingering combination. The Bb key tone hole is inline on the front of the instrument though, rather than along the right side as on Sax’ Sopranos and modern instruments. No side C, forked Eb, alternate F# or G# trill keys. Eb/low C keys as well as G#/low C#/low B keys are “button” style and without touchpieces or rollers. Soldered tone holes. Has neck strap holder and thumbrest, probably not original. No spit valve in neck.
DimensionsBell diameter: 153 mmProvenancePreviously a part of the Cecil B. Leeson Collection, Muncie, Indiana. Published ReferencesMark Hulsebos, "Cecil Leeson Legacy is Preserved in Collections and Displays," The Saxophone Symposium 7, No. 4 (Fall 1982), pp. 18-19.
Mark Hulsebos, "Cecil Leeson Legacy is Preserved in Collections and Displays," Indiana Musicator 38, No. 4 (May 1983), p. 11.
Malou Haine and Ignace de Keyser, Catalogue des Instruments Sax au Musée Instrumental de Bruxelles (Brussels: Musée Instrumental, 1980), p. 248.
Phillip T. Young, 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 205.
Robert S. Howe, "The Invention and Early Development of the Saxophone, 1840-1855," Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 29 (2003), p. 177.
Credit LineTransfer from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1994
Object number05764
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