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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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Author: Terry Stibal
Date: 2005-05-15 00:53
I've seen these in use in an old photo that I've seen somewhere. It was at the start of the big band era, and from the clothing and the background, it wasat some social function, and the guys were all member of a group.
Anything that surrounds the horn overall would tend to focus the vibrations/sounds emitting from the side holes and reflect them out of the bottom. I don't think that this would be the best way to get a boost. But, in the absence of modern amplification, it'd be better than nothing.
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