Alto saxophone, straight
Makerlabel
Couesnon & Cie
Date1927-1930 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedStamped on bell upside down on the side: COUESNON & C 7TH / FOURNISSEURS DE L’ARMÉE / 94 RUE D’ANGOULÊME / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCEDescriptionNumber and types of sections: Two sections: Neck and body with attached bell.Neck type: Straight, slightly curved
Location of keys on bell from player’s perspective: Front side of bell
Material:
Originally silver plated brass, but it has been painted red on the exterior and black on the interior
Lacquer: none
Range: (written range) C4 – F6
Fingering System:
High F# key: none
Bis Bb key: yes
Side Bb key:
It was on the original saxophone, but the touchpiece was soldered to the side C touchpiece, and consequently the side Bb key is not attached to anything that would operate it.
Forked F# key: yes
Side C key: yes
Rollers: yes, black synthetic, on low C/Eb
Octave touchpiece(s): two
Alternate high F key: none
Touchpiece material: silver plated brass
Type of key mount: rods and posts soldered on
Type of thumbrest: large red painted loop
Lyre holder: yes
Neckstrap attachment: yes
Water key: none
Special items (G# trill key, split Eb key, etc.) and location: none
Patents: drawn tone holes (US #1119954)DimensionsTotal height – 878 mm (34 ½”)
Total height of body and bell (no neck) – 732 mm (28 ¾”)
Bell diameter – 112 mm (4 3/8”)
Length of bell’s flare from inside bell – 15 mm (9/16”)
Length of bell’s flare from outside bell – 9 mm (3/8”)
Circumference at top – 90 mm (3 ½”)
Circumference just over bell – 212 mm (8 5/16”)
Neck height curved from above (curved neck – if separate) – not applicable, straight neck
Length of neck (straight – if separate) – 177 mm (6 15/16”)
Length of body to ferrule – 471 mm (18 ½”)
Length of bell to ferrule from back side of bell – 245 mm (9 5/8”)
Length of bell to ferrule from front side of bell – 208 mm (8 1/8”)ProvenancePreviously a part of the Cecil B. Leeson Collection, Muncie, Indiana.
Credit LineTransfer from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1994
Object number05762
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