Saxophone manufacture

[Mamos]

I remember seeing a program on the telly when I was a kid showing how they made sax's

It was amazing how they hand formed the bell with a hammer

Does anyone know of any footage of sax's being made

mamos

 

[half diminished]

Never seen this but I would be interested in doing so.

 

[griff136]

try this place:

http://www.saxshop.nl/en-uk/index.html

click on saxophones and then movies

 

[Pete Thomas]

I'm hoping to take a summer holiday in China this year and visit a few of the (er, ahem) better factories.

Will take some videos and report back.

 

[TonyMoroney]

Don't know if this strikes a chord with you, but Yamaha has a cool video, where George Shelby takes you through the building start-to-finish of a Yamaha EX. Enjoy.

http://www.yamaha.com/podcasts/winds/george_shelby.m4v

 

[Mamos]

I can't wait to go into work tomorrow and watch these on broadband

I only have dial up at home so there is not a hope in hell I'm going to be able to watch these tonight

Thanks for posting

this really is a great site

mamos

 

[thomsax]

There is a guy in Copenhagen, near Hotel Angeleterre at Kongens Nytorv, who is building saxes. His name is Peter Jessen and he makes tenor sax, mezzo-sopran in G, mpc's and necks. Look at his website and you can get a hint how his saxes are built. The keys aren't made by Jessen. The website is in Danish, but click on pics.

Peter Jessen: http://www.gottfried.dk/peter/

Thomas

 

[Flipper2008]

Don't know if this strikes a chord with you, but Yamaha has a cool video, where George Shelby takes you through the building start-to-finish of a Yamaha EX. Enjoy.

http://www.yamaha.com/podcasts/winds/george_shelby.m4v

Absolutely fascinating video, just goes to show how much work is involved.

Flip

 

[half diminished]

Great clip. Makes you want to buy a Yamaha! I note this was the Custom and wonder if the same attention to detail goes into the 'standard' range.

 

[Sloth]

Here's a thread on SOTW (I guess it's OK to post links there)

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=43574

including a Sesame Street piece on making saxes.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Here's a thread on SOTW (I guess it's OK to post links there)

Absolutely, it's a fine forum and resource.

 

[Mamos]

Stunning stuff

It makes you wonder how they manage to make them for the money

mamos

 

[TonyMoroney]

Stunning stuff

It makes you wonder how they manage to make them for the money

mamos

Yup, I think the same thing everytime I see that Vid, it's no longer a surprise to me that they *can* be so expensive and makes me even more surprised when they're not (Walstein).

But what surprises me even more is that Sax tech's seem to charge less than a car mechanic, which seems wrong somehow?

T.

 

[half diminished]

Here's a thread on SOTW (I guess it's OK to post links there)

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=43574

including a Sesame Street piece on making saxes.

I think the video has been removed.

 

[Sloth]

I think the video has been removed.

:crying: Well, it was there the other day, sorry about that!

Off topic perhaps, but this Sesame St. video should console you!

http://www.breakfastroom.net/forum/showthread.php?p=944#post944

 

[Rogerb]

It was the engravers who most got my attention...the skill and confidence required....

(I wonder what they did with the one(s) they let the presenter loose on!!)

 

[berniesax]

have a stroll around "u tube" where you will see the making of a saxophone /bell/stack/crook and other instruments that you might find of interest all very corporate but very informative !
good luck

 

[berniesax]

sorry senior moment

if you go on to u tube and type in "yamaha japan sax factory tour" very informative and theres also "how its made" from reeds to saxes and more
hope this helps
cheers

 

[Mamos]

Thanks Berniesax

I will have to have a look on Monday now as I can't get broadband at home

mamos

 

[Steve M]

I remember seeing a program on the telly when I was a kid showing how they made sax's

It was amazing how they hand formed the bell with a hammer

Does anyone know of any footage of sax's being made

It was either Sesame St or Playschool - can't remember which. The clip can be seen on Youtube, but I can't remember what I typed in to find it.