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Child's saxophone
Trade name:Saxie
Maker: Couesnon & Cie
Date: 1924-1930 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: COUESNON & CIE / - PARIS - / CHATEAU- THIERRY / FRANCE / = SAXIE = / U. S. PATENT JUNE 3RD 1924 / - BTÉ S. G. D. G.
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; 6 tone holes, 2 keys. No mouthpiece.
DimensionsHeight: 483 mm (19 in)
Bell diameter: 102 mm (4 in)
Bell diameter: 102 mm (4 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesRycroft, David, “A Six- Finger Hole Saxophone: The ‘Saxie’,” Galpin Society Journal 52 (April 1999): 195-201.
Reeves, Deborah Check. "Historically Speaking."_The Clarinet_49, no. 1 (December 2021): 18-19.
Reeves, Deborah Check. "Historically Speaking."_The Clarinet_49, no. 1 (December 2021): 18-19.
Object number: 03916