Bass saxhorn, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
Adolphe Sax
Date1867-1879 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.35795
SignedEngraved on bell: No 35795 / Adolphe Sax Fleur Breveté / de la Mson Milre de l’Empereur / 50, rue St Georges a Paris
Stamped on bell: SEUL / GRAND PRIX / 1867 / [A & S intertwined]
DescriptionBrass, fixed leadpipe, upright bell, tuning slide at leadpipe loop. Four hybrid Berlin/Périnet valves (casing size of Berlin valve, but exit and re-entry of valve loops is not on different levels). Top-action valves and 4th valve on side.
DimensionsOverall length: 808 mm
Bell diameter: 217 mm
First valve: 355 mm
Second valve: 179 mm
Third valve: 779 mm
Fourth valve: ca. 975 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, England, 1983.
Published ReferencesMitroulia, Eugenia. "Adolphe Sax’s Brasswind Production with a Focus on Saxhorns and Related Instruments." PhD diss., University of Edinburgh, 2011. (pp. 159-160, 331, 450, 464).
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1983
Object number03183
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Adolphe Sax & Cie
1846-1854 ca.
