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Description: | Torakusu Yamaha was born in Japan in 1851. He built his first reed organ in 1887, the year he founded his company. By the time Yamaha died in Hamamatsu, Japan in 1918, the company had expanded to make upright pianos as well. By the Second World War, it was also making band instruments. The first Yamaha grand piano was made in 1950 and in 1965 Yamaha had a wind instrument department. By the mid 1970s, Yamaha had one of the largest brass instrument manufacturing plants in the world. London based instrument manufacturers such as Boosey & Hawkes found it increasingly difficult to compete with the influx of instruments being imported from Japan, such as this tenor saxophone.
Tenor saxophone in B flat. Lacquered brass body. Felt padded keys. Mother-of-pearl effect touches. Rollered little finger keys. Plastic mouthpiece with a ligature secured by two screws. A similar screw secures the detachable neck at the socket at the top of the body. Cork lapped tenon at mouthpiece receiver. Bell decorated with art deco floral designs and inscribed on the right side (from the player’s perspective): YAMAHA/ESTABLISHED IN 1887/JAPAN; Accessories comprise: mouthpiece cap, sling, cork grease, polishing cloth, owner's manual, case and pair of case keys.
caption: General view of object no. M41-1993. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | cork grass Work paint 422.212 Individual reedpipes with single reeds with conical bore mother of pearl textile tenor saxophones Jazz Boosey & Hawkes felt Leisure metal Musical Instrument Making brass Greater London | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12607 | Go to resource |
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