Klarinet Archive - Posting 000235.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] C-straight soprano sax
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 20:45:45 -0400

At 01:02 PM 9/7/98 -0500, Ed Lacy wrote:
>I read this question on the sax list, but did not reply because I found
>something about the question to be confusing. Is it a C melody sax or a C
>soprano sax? The one I have always heard referred to as a C melody sax is
>pitched a major second higher than the tenor sax. On the other hand, if
>it is a soprano in C, it will be pitched a major second higher than the
>standard soprano in Bb. I suppose it must be a soprano, because it would
>be impractical if not impossible to build a straight C melody sax. I have
>heard of a straight alto in Eb, but have never seen one. The largest
>straight sax I have personally seen is an alto in F, and even that was
>pretty hard to manage from the standpoint of the weight of the instrument.
>
L.A. Sax currently makes both straight altos AND straight TENORS! Buescher
also used to make them back in the 1920's. I've seen pictures. WHY they
did it is another matter entirely. I can't imagine how they could be at
all practical.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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