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Alto saxophone in E-flat
Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax, ca. 1855
- Artist
- Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax (Belgian, Dinant, Belgium 1814–1894 Paris)
- Date
- ca. 1855
- Culture or place
- French
- Medium
- Brass
- Size
- 23 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 14 in. (59.7 × 14 × 35.6 cm) Weight: under 40 lbs
- Type
- Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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