There are no photos of inside a saxophone chest, as there is nothing special there. However, here is what it looks like underneath. The tubing assembly had been latterly screwed down to the main chest, leaving the sax chest's stickers hanging in mid-air. I have restored Marenghi's original concept.

The two chests stored in the organ lorry waiting for the right time for installation.

One of the sax chests in position showing the tubing rail for the violins mounted at the rear. At the top is shown the two locating pins for one end of the violin puff rail.

The other sax chest, with its flexible trunking connected. On top are the two sliders intended for tuning purposes, but I never use them as they cause an increased pressure to be applied to the rank being tuned. At the back are four trombone boots ready to accept their resonators.

The saxophone chest wind supply tubes, restored to their correct positions - compare this picture with the earlier one here.
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