Conn Tenor Saxophone, used by Lester Young
date: label: date made
content: 1932
name: label: user
content: Young, Lester
label: maker
content: C. G. Conn Ltd.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This saxophone was made by C. G. Conn, Ltd. in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1932. It is a B-flat tenor Transitional model, serial #254733. This saxophone is made of brass, with pearl buttons and rollers. The saxophone is engraved:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>MADE BY<br>C. G. CONN - LTD<br>ELKHART - IND<br>USA</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>(and):</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>PAT'D DEC. 3, 1914<br>T<br>M254733<br>L</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This saxophone was previously owned and used by American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player Lester Young (1909-1959).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lester W. Young, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0207.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0207
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0207.01
label: serial number
content: 254733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saxophone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lacquer (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (saxophone): 30 in x 11 in x 6 1/2 in; 76.2 cm x 27.94 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (neck): 8 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (mouthpiece): 4 1/2 in x 1 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 2.54 cm x 3.81 cm