Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1247
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	alto saxophone
Subject
	422.212.2
Publisher
	Buescher
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	European
Format
	27.2 in. length
Identifier
	649
Source
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Belgium
Alternative Title
	saxophone alto
	Altsaxophon
	sassofono contralto
	alto sax
Extent
	Aristocrat
Medium
	metal - sheet
	reed - cane
	keypads
	keypads
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Saxophone Ensembles
	Jazz Combo
	Jazz Big Band
	Concert Band and Wind Ensemble
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with flaring open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	exposed percussion (single) reed
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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