INTONATION^sopranos

adolphe sax sr.

• serial number: 19575
• mouthpiece: matching mouthpiece and a Sigurd Rascher.
• reed: Vandoren 3
• remarks: average out of two mouthpieces both in two different positions on the cork.

solotone

• serial number: 9682
• remarks: measurements by Nederveen, who adds that the instrument might be a lot better in tune to a lower concert pitch, 435 Hz for instance.

buffet crampon

• serial number: 2237
• mouthpiece: Sigurd Rascher
• reed: Vandoren 3½
• remarks: instrument from 1876 without C^#-correction. The actual range of the instrument reaches no higher than E^b3. For higher notes we can use toptones.

buffet crampon s1

• serial number: 26655e
• mouthpiece: Selmer S80/E
• reed: Vandoren 3
• remarks: instrument without C^#-correction.

buesscher truetone

• serial number: 179250
• mouthpiece: original
• reed: Vandoren 3
• remarks: soprano in C. The instrument has great flexibility as shown by the dotted line. The C^#-correction mechanism closes key no 18 entirely.

selmer modèle 22

• serial number: 3076
• mouthpiece: SML
• reed: Vandoren 3½

selmer mark 6

• serial number: 138592
• remarks: measurements by Nederveen.

selmer super sction series 3

• serial number: 731147
• mouthpiece: S80/E
• reed: Vandoren 3½

keilwerth toneking

• serial number: 70145
• mouthpiece: 1/3 (own construction)
• reed: Vandoren 3½

le Monde

• serial number: 551121
• mouthpiece: Selmer S80/E
• reed: Vandoren 3½
• remarks: intonation with straight and curved neck, both of them original. The notable differences are caused by a different bore profile of the two necks; them being straight or curved in itself plays no role whatsoever. Yet, there is no reason that the two necks should have any different profile. Also their lengths are not the same as can been deduced from the different positions of the mouthpieces on the cork.
  A warning against the quality of cheap saxophones?