Tenor (Alto) Ophicleide in E-flat, Attributed to Charles Joseph Sax, ca. 1845

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Tenor (Alto) Ophicleide in E-flat, ca. 1845, Brussels, Belgium, Brass, Overall: x 89cm (7 7/16 x 35 1/16in.), Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn, Attributed to Charles Joseph Sax (Belgian, Dinant, Belgium 1790–1865 Paris), Alto ophicleide in E-flat with nine keys, body made of brass, detachable looped crook, no tuning slide, bell has rolled rim. Braces and bow guard are simple and unadorned. With associated small, cupped mouthpiece The ophicleide was a popular low brass instrument in bands and orchestras during the middle decades of the nineteenth century

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