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Alphonse Sax (1822 - 1874), french horn, 1860-62, brass, from the Musée de la Musique at the Philharmonie de Paris. This horn was presented at the London World's Fair in 1862.
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Alphonse Sax (1822 - 1874), french horn, 1860-62, brass, from the Musée de la Musique at the Philharmonie de Paris. This horn was presented at the London World's Fair in 1862.
Cornet-Trompe in D - 1862
Attributed to Alphonse (Antoine) Sax (Belgian, 1814-1894, active in France)
“This unusually wound hunting horn was designed to be more easily handled than the traditional large and unwieldy hooped horn used in the field to signal to members of the hunting party. Its ergonomic form enables it to be tucked snugly under the arm against the player’s body for safe and convenient carrying.”
OK, very good description. Please add: “it is sexy as hell!” Wish I could have thought of it . . . <rueful grin>
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Cornet-trompe in D, attributed to Alphonse (Antoine) Sax, ca. 1862 France
Cornet-trompe, ca. 1862 attr. Alphonse Sax (Belgium)
- Materials: Brass - Length: 33.9 cm - Other Notes: “This unusually wound hunting horn was designed to be more easily handled than the traditional large and unwieldy hooped horn used in the field to signal to members of the hunting party. Its ergonomic form enables it to be tucked snugly under the arm against the player’s body for safe and convenient carrying.”
Source: Boston-MFA
Adolphe Sax (1814-1894), a Belgian, created the saxophone, which was patented in 1846.
"Sax aware that there was a tonal disparity between strings and winds, as well as brasses and woodwinds. Sax noticed that the brasses were overpowering the woodwinds, and the winds were overpowering the strings. He saw the need to come up with a new instrument that would create some form of balance between the three sections (brass, woodwinds and strings). The sound that he was seeking would lie between the clarinet's woodwind sound, and the trumpet's brass tone. Sax combined the body of a brass instrument and the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument, and the saxophone was born." (x)