How to build a saxophone

[jools]

Has anyone ever seen a sax being made?

Jinyin Saxophone Division

Here we see Chinese workers welding, beating and grinding a range of 'stencil' brand saxes.

 

[Bobby G]

I've seen a clip (I think on Youtube) of a saxophone being made, which was originally broadcast on Sesame Street years ago.

 

[Jules]

everything I know, I learned from Sesame Street- don't knock it! 🙂

 

[rhysonsax]

Saxofoonwinkel in Holland has videos of sax manufacture by Keilwerth and Yamaha.

http://www.saxshop.nl/index1.html

Search under Saxofoonwinkel for "Movies".

I also have the Keilwerth movie as a PAL VHS and one from Selmer that is interesting.

Rhys

 

[jools]

Interested in the Selmer vid.

Do they still do custom engraving or is it all laser-stencilled?. They have a reputation for quality control. Is that evident in the movie?

 

[rhysonsax]

Jools wrote:
Interested in the Selmer vid.

Do they still do custom engraving or is it all laser-stencilled?. They have a reputation for quality control. Is that evident in the movie?

My Selmer vid dates from 1995 and is produce by Selmer USA (a different company to Selmer, Paris).

At that, the engraving on the vid was hand done, but things may well have changed now.

All the best

Rhys