Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-05-14 17:39
We had a thread recently, bemoaning the weak cl sound, I guess, as compared to the sax family. I had recalled something about one, and Eureka [as Archimedes said, ?bare naked?ly], I done found it. In the Brass and Sax book on page53, where Selmer's early history and entry into A. Sax's world [and company] are discussed, there is a small pic [?of patent character?] of a guy playing something into an "inverted megaphone" , having hand-entrance side holes, with the above title. A date of 1920's is given, and B & S calls it "a strange acoustic device". I'll look for a possible patent on the dern thing ! Of ?able novelty, IMHO ! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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