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Slide Saxophones?

Author: Jim S.
Date: 2002-10-29 14:11

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=915567216
http://drrick.com/

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RE: Slide Saxophones?

Author: Jim S.
Date: 2002-10-29 14:13

Sorry: Second one was:
http://drrick.com/display.html

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RE: Slide Saxophones?

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-10-29 17:07

Jim -

The eBay item is made with plain tubing, thus with a cylindrical bore, and would play as a clarinet, not a sax. Nice toy, but cheaper to get a standard slide whistle, or even a sliding birdie whistle, which you can put water in and get a nice twitter.

The drrick display is wonderful. Thanks for the link.

The Lyon & Healy slide sax (#4) has a conical bore, which would play as a sax, though the not-too-conical shape should make the sound move in the clarinet direction. Such instruments are rather unstable. See the various threads on the octavin.

The Raffiel and Husted Slide Sax (#6) looks to be cylindrical and, again, would play as a clarinet.

Someone should ask about these on the sax list and report back.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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