Soprano saxophone, curved, B-flat, high pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1919 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelNew Wonder
Serial No.50228
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN Ltd. / ELKHART / IND.Screenprinted with gold paint on satin interior: C. G. CONN, Ltd., ELKHART, INDIANA
MarkingsStamped on lower back side: S / 50228 / H
DescriptionCurved soprano with detachable neck. Silver-plated brass, gold-wash bell interior, mother-of-pearl touchpieces and rollers. One octave key. Split bell keys. Flat-edged tone holes soldered to body.
DimensionsTotal height straight line – 437 mm (17 3/16 in)
Total height curve from above from neck to bottom – 469 mm (18 7/16 in)
Total height of body straight line – 348 mm (13 11/16 in)
Bell diameter – 94 mm (3 11/16 in)
Height of bottom to bottom of bell – 147 mm (5 3/4 in)
Height of bottom to top of bell – 199 mm (7 13/16 in)
Length of neck straight line – 115 mm (4 1/2 in)
Length of neck curve from above – 122 mm (4 3/4 in)
Length of bell’s flare from inside bell – 10 mm (3/8 in)
Length of bell’s flare from outside bell – 10 mm (3/8 in)
Width of bottom straight line, from key guard but not including key guard –
93 mm (3 5/8 in)
Width of outside of bottom bow, from ferrule to ferrule – 170 mm (6 11/16 in)
ProvenanceGift of John Powers, Carbondale, Colorado, 1993.
Published ReferencesBanks, Margaret Downie. _Elkhart’s Brass Roots_. Vermillion, SD: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1994 (p.50)
Credit LineJohn Powers Collection, 1993
Object number05662
On View
On view
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1920-1930 ca.
