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NMM 4038. Alto saxophone in E-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1857
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NMM 4038. Alto saxophone in E-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, France, 1857. Serial number 16149. Engraved, vertically, on right side of bell: (script) No 16149 / Saxophone alto en mi b breveté / Adolphe Sax à Paris / Fteur de la Mson Milre de l’Empereur / [AS monogram]; stamped on the underside of the bell flare: 1857. Brass. Fingered range: low B-natural to high F. Dual octave keys. No touchpieces or rollers on E-flat, low C, G-sharp, low C-sharp, or low B keys. Length: 600 mm. Bell diameter 140 mm. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Endowment Fund, 1986.
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Maker's Signature and Monogram
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Left-hand keywork
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Right-hand keywork
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Literature: André P. Larson, The
National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir(Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 40.
Richard Ingham, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 17.
Robert S. Howe, "The Invention and Early Development of the Saxophone, 1840-1855," Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 29 (2003), p. 172.
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