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Saxie. Nominal pitch: lowest note D₄.
Technical description: Body of lacquered brass. Curved alto saxophone shaped body in one piece with six finger-holes and two keys. Two diametrically opposed vent holes on either side of the instrument just above u-bend. Wooden single reed mouthpiece with brass ligature band. Curved brass thumbrest and loop for attaching a strap. L0: octave key. L1: T (B₄). L2: T (A₄). L3: T (G₄). R1: T (F₄). R2: T (E₄). R3: T (D₄). R4: key for F♯₄, D♯₅ and F♯₅. Keymount type: pillars with adjustable screw and torsion spring on either side of the key. Keyhead type: modern
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Circa 1935 - Maker:
Couesnon [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:492
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16377