Tenor Sax

	This is a picture of a tenor mouthpiece. It is third in size because it is bigger than the soprano and the alto mouthpieces. It is placed on the neck on the piece of cork. This helps produce the lower sound that the sax makes.
This is a picture of the neck. Notice that the neck is curved. That makes the the sound lower. What makes the sound lower is that it takes longer for the sound to travel through the body. It is put into a hole at the top of the sax. Doing so, helps the sound travel through the sax.
	These are the tenor sax keys. They are located on the body. They are used the same way as the other saxes. You push them down to make the sax have different pitches. They are spread out but they are connected by screws and springs.
This is the bell of the tenor. As you can see, it curves outward creating a hole in the end where the sound comes out. It also curves up to the middle of the body. This bell unfortunately has gotten scratched throughout the years.
	This is the neckstrap. This is a very handy thing to have. It handles the weight so you don't  have all of the weight on your neck. There is a little hole on the side of the body where you put the hook of the strap through. That is how the strap is connected to the saxophone.

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