Dolnet Tenor Saxophone, used by Lester Young
date: label: date made
content: ca 1952-1953
name: label: user
content: Young, Lester
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This saxophone was made by Dolnet in Paris, France, around 1952-1953. It is a B-flat tenor Bel Air model, serial #243645C. This saxophone is made of pink-tone brass with silver-tone keys and key covers, plastic buttons and rollers. The saxophone is engraved:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>DOLNET<br>PARIS<br>MADE IN FRANCE</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: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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: 2019.0207.03
label: accession number
content: 2019.0207
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0207.03
label: serial number
content: 4345C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saxophone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (saxophone): 30 1/2 in x 6 in x 11 in; 77.47 cm x 15.24 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (neck): 8 1/2 in x 4 in x 2 in; 21.59 cm x 10.16 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (mouthpiece): 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm