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Contralto saxhorn. Nominal pitch: 4½-ftB♭.
Technical description: brass; ligature tuning at mouthpipe; fitting for music card holder. Valve type: Valves 1 and 3 Berlin-type, valve2 hybrid Périnet-type; all bottom sprung; alignment by slot on lower part of piston, key on casing.
- Date:
1865 - Maker:
Sax, Adolphe - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:626; bell 149.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18379