Saxophones I have at least one of these saxophone models

[Hipparion]

Need... One... ASAP... Aaaaaaaargh!

 

[saxyjt]

I guess it's time to reconsider the material saxophones are made of. I can't believe we haven't seen any carbon fiber or other composite material made horns on the market yet. Is there a good reason?

 

[Ivan]

I can't believe we haven't seen any carbon fiber or other composite material made horns on the market yet. Is there a good reason?

Cost

 

[vries1]

There’s a long long thread on this on sotw.

 

[Ivan]

There’s a long long thread on this on sotw.

Can you give us the bullet points?

 

[vries1]

Next to cost (and thus expected retail price), that you correctly mentioned, the main point was lack of adjustability / repairability.

 

[SallyBari]

As well

I can really hide behind mine because it's bigger than I am. Well, not quite. Spot me at gigs with stairs; Bari case moving on its own and a voice saying "why didn't I learn piccolo?"

 

[6441]

I can really hide behind mine because it's bigger than I am. Well, not quite. Spot me at gigs with stairs; Bari case moving on its own and a voice saying "why didn't I learn piccolo?"

Hi there, I didn't see you come in, but welcome to the café.

 

[Pete Effamy]

Isn’t the Tarogato known as a Hungarian clarinet? I know that it’s a conical bore though the fingerings look a bit out there when I’ve watched a few vids. Overblown at the octave though you say? Dino Soldo makes it sound like a soprano sax..

 

[Pete Effamy]

I guess it's time to reconsider the material saxophones are made of. I can't believe we haven't seen any carbon fiber or other composite material made horns on the market yet. Is there a good reason?

The Cafe Saxophone has reportedly flirted a bit with carbon fibre @Pete Thomas

 

[Pete Thomas]

The Cafe Saxophone has reportedly flirted a bit with carbon fibre @Pete Thomas

Only for rods etc. Not the actual body of the instrument

 

[saxyjt]

Only for rods etc. Not the actual body of the instrument

Yep, I read that.

The Cafe Saxophone has reportedly flirted a bit with carbon fibre @Pete Thomas

Flirting (a bit) is not cheating. And only rods, not the body!

 

[6441]

Of 60 respondents, Alto rules!

 

[nigeld]

Of 60 respondents, Alto rules!

Common as muck!

What surprises me is how many of us have C-melody saxes, yet nobody ever plays one for a BOTM or SOTM.

 

[Vetinari]

The only things that stopped me recording on c-mel were,
1 my ability
2 lack of good recording equipment

 

[Dibbs]

Isn’t the Tarogato known as a Hungarian clarinet? I know that it’s a conical bore though the fingerings look a bit out there when I’ve watched a few vids. Overblown at the octave though you say? Dino Soldo makes it sound like a soprano sax..

I can't say I've ever heard it called a Hungarian clarinet. The only clarinet like thing is the fingering system, which is derived from a German clarinet, but it's unrelated acoustically. So: xxx x0x for F and xxx x00 for F#. It also has 2 octave keys and a right hand thumb key for low Bb.

The new Hungarian makers now make tarogatos with automatic octave mechanisms and "Boehm system" tarogatos with F/F# like a saxophone.

 

[saxyjt]

Of 60 respondents, Alto rules!

I'm actualy surprised that there is such a small edge by numbers. I would expect more members are alto players/owners than is represented here.

Now, saying alto rules may be slightly stretching the facts. Tenors are bigger, so 2 altos won't really tip the balance, IMHO.

Bb rules! By numbers. Hmm, by weight, I'm not so sure...

 

[rhysonsax]

I'm actualy surprised that there is such a small edge by numbers. I would expect more members are alto players/owners than is represented here.

Members of a speciality interest saxophone forum are quite likely to own more than one saxophone and probably the first two in a collection are likely to be alto and tenor.

This survey showing slightly more altos can be interpreted as showing that slightly more of the respondents (claim to) have an alto but no tenor than claim to have a tenor but no alto.

I don't find that surprising.

Rhys

PS A mathematician or logician could probably write a nice equation for this and a statistician could interpret it all for us.

 

[nigeld]

Bb rules! By numbers. Hmm, by weight, I'm not so sure...

By weight, the bari saxes are weigh ahead.

 

[6441]

It's easier to transcribe Bb instrument parts in your head.