No. 13585139

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Saxophone, Adolphe Sax, 1861
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Saxophone, Adolphe Sax, 1861

Museum instrument: The original beauty of one of the rarest saxophones first designed over 150 years ago. Very rare golden brass saxophone, Alto in mi b. Antoine-Joseph alias Adolphe Sax, born in 1814 in Dinant (Belgium), died in Paris in 1894, designed and created this saxophone. The bell shows the still readable inscription: (Musician and serial number) // Saxophone en mi b breveté // Adolphe Sax à Paris // Fteur de la Mson Mltre de l' Empereur (with AS logo) Serial No.: 233XX of 1861. Original ''Mayeur'' rosewood mouthpiece. White leather pads in very good condition. 3 hit marks, easily accessible for restoration. Delivery options: a) Pick up. b) By carrier (35 cts/km) in metropolitan France, Benelux and neighbouring countries.

No. 13585139

No longer available
Saxophone, Adolphe Sax, 1861

Saxophone, Adolphe Sax, 1861

Museum instrument:
The original beauty of one of the rarest saxophones first designed over 150 years ago.

Very rare golden brass saxophone, Alto in mi b. Antoine-Joseph alias Adolphe Sax, born in 1814 in Dinant (Belgium), died in Paris in 1894, designed and created this saxophone. The bell shows the still readable inscription: (Musician and serial number) // Saxophone en mi b breveté // Adolphe Sax à Paris // Fteur de la Mson Mltre de l' Empereur (with AS logo)

Serial No.: 233XX of 1861.
Original ''Mayeur'' rosewood mouthpiece.
White leather pads in very good condition.
3 hit marks, easily accessible for restoration.

Delivery options:
a) Pick up.
b) By carrier (35 cts/km) in metropolitan France, Benelux and neighbouring countries.

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