Slide saxophone, C
Maker
Reiffel & Husted
Date1922-1925 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelRoyal Slide Saxophone
Serial No.1102
SignedOn bell: REIFFEL & HUSTED / PAT. PEND. CHICAGO / 1102MarkingsStamped on underside of key: 02
Pitch names stamped on slide.
DescriptionBrass with silver-plated piston over which slides a U-shape slide. 24 individual holes. 2 octave keys. Pearloid thumb rest button.
DimensionsOverall length: 513 mm
Bell diameter: 67 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 59.
Lloyd P. Farrar, “Under the Crown & Eagle,” AMIS Newsletter, Vol. XX (February
1991), pp. 4-5.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00885
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