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Tenor saxophone. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Brass; curved body and crook; fitting for music card holder. Cocus wood mouthpiece with inlaid silver ferrule and brass ligature. Bracing underneath crook and between bell and body. Brass thumbrest and loop for attaching neck strap. L0: Two simple octave keys. L1: B₄; D₃; D₆; E♭₆; F₆. L2: A₄. L3: G₄. L4: G♯₄; B₄; B♭₄. R1: F₄; side B♭₄; C₅. R2: E₄. R3: D₄. R4: E♭₄; C₄. Keymount type: pillars on plates. Keyhead type: modern.
- Date:
1867 - Maker:
Sax, Adolphe [Person] - 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:803 from top of crook to bottom of u-bend.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18382