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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1which, in point of construction, do not differ materially. The saxophone is written for invariably in the clef, whatever may be the real sounds produced. The lowest note upon the instrument is written b, sounding eb. By the successive opening of the lateral holes the following fundamental sounds (using the notation adopted for the instrument) are obtained:
3By means of the octave keys the following sounds are obtained:
5Hence the use of the second harmonics of the first three fundamental sounds is rendered unnecessary. The compass of the instrument is completed by the notes
7which are produced by four keys conveniently placed in the upper part of the instrument; the notes thus produced are the second harmonics of the sounds
9The instrument is represented in the annexed woodcut.
11SAXOPHONE IN eb.
13Lent by Messrs. Mahillon and Co.
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