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Tenor saxophone. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Curved body and crook (silver-plated); thread lapping for mouthpiece; ebonite mouthpiece (not original) with brass ligature and cap. With box and screw for music card-holder. Rollers between B♭, B and C♯ keys for L4, and between C and E♭ keys for R4. L0: Automatic octave keys. L1: B₄; bis key (B♭₄); D₆; E♭₆; F₆. L2: A₄. L3: G₄. L4: Articulated G♯₄; C♯₄; B₃; B♭₃. R1: F₄; side B♭₄; C₅; E₆. R2: E₄. R3: D₄; F♯₄. R4: E♭₄; C₄. Keymount type: Pillars mounted on plates. Keyhead type: Modern keyheads.
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Circa 1907-1928 - Maker:
Adolphe Sax & Cie [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:860; bell diameter 157.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16649