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Soprano saxophone
Soprano saxophone in B flat. Plated brass body and wooden mouthpiece (probably original). One piece straight body. Fourteen keys, including covered holes. Non-automatic octaves. Length without mouthpiece: 541mm. Bore diameter at mouthpiece receiver: 7/8mm. External diameter of bell: 67mm. Stamped: ‘Adolphe Sax & Cie, Paris’ (numbered 10183). Also inscribed: ‘RUDALL. ROSE, CARTE & Co./Sole Agents,/100 New Bond Street,/ LONDON’; and Sax monogram.
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1853 - Maker:
Sax, Adolphe [Person] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
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- Materials:silver; cork; brass; leather; reed; wood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:422.212 (Single) clarinets with conical bore
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: .55 kg