Inventory | Ethnography | Sax contralto
- Common name
- Alto sax
- Dialect name
- saxofen
- Type
- Musical instrument
- Audio
- Material
- brass
Description
Brass wind instrument with a plain reed, similar to the clarinet, but with a conical tube that enables it to produce a distinctive sound during musical performances in bands.
Use
- Areas of use
- liturgical and ritual activities
- Specific use
- band
- Craft
- band musician
Preserved specimen
simple-reed brass instrument, like the clarinet, but with the conical reed typical of the oboe family.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00368
