SAXOPHONE ALTO BY ADOLPHE SAX

Alto saxophone in E flat by Adolphe SAX, made in  Paris (France) 1867.
Facteur de la Maison Militaire de l'Empereur.
Conical tubing of brass, twenty keys with circular flat covers.

Engraved on the bell :

N°31737
Saxophone alto en Mib
Adolphe Sax Fteur Breveté
 de la Mson Milre de l’Empereur
50, rue St Georges à Paris

Monogram : AS Paris

Additional mark : MM1 in an oval cartouche

Heigth : 620 mm
Diameter of the bell : 119 mm

Instrument in very good playable condition.