Soprano saxophone, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
Adolphe Edouard Sax
Date1925
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.15352
SignedEngraved vertically on bell: AS (monogram) FILS (inserted within "S") / MÉDAILLE D’OR 1900 / Adolphe SAX / Feur de l’Académie Nle de Musique / 84. RUE MYRHA / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCE / 15352DescriptionStraight soprano. Silver-plated with gold-plated bell interior. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces, ebonite (?) rollers. Spatula keys have three rollers. Fingered range from low Bb to high Eb only. Has alternate F# and bis-Bb keys. No G# trill key or forked Eb. Automatic second octave mechanism. Has Lyre holder.DimensionsEntire length: 640 mm (35 3/16 in)Bell diameter: 87 mm (3 7/8 in)
Bore diameter (at neck): 8.5 mm (5/16 in)ProvenancePreviously a part of the Dr. Hewitt A. Waggener Collection (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.). Later transferred to Cecil B. Leeson Collection, Muncie, Indiana. U.S.A. Published ReferencesMalou Haine and Ignace de Keyser, Catalogue des Instruments Sax au Musée Instrumental de Bruxelles (Brussels: Musée Instrumental, 1980), p. 265.
Credit LineTransfer from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1994
Object number05765
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