Saxophone

Reiffel & Husted Soprano Slide Sax (#1)

Chicago, Illinois - USA
United States

ca. 1920

Engraved on Slide Sax: Reiffel & Husted, Pat Pend, Chicago, Serial Number 1020

One of the most unusual saxophone manifestations to make its way into jazz, was the slide sax (a kind of hybrid amalgamation of the saxophone and the trombone). Snub Mosely (1905-1981), was a key exponent who played this awkward device with equally shaky intonation. Provenance: Dr. Paul & Ernestine Kirk, St. Louis, Missouri

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Catalog#: HWMC

Also listed under American Jazz on this website.