Technology of the Saxophon

[trebor]

Hi all,
I'm looking for sources of information e.g. books, mags, websites etc. thatcan give me details of Saxophone design, construction. All the really techiestuff from different reed types, mouth pieces, crooks bores, bells,shapes, sizes, materials etc. and their acoustic effects. Need this info for anOU module on the Technology of Music ( see http://ta212.open.ac.uk/) its a great course but its not for the faint hearted

 

[kevgermany]

A good starting point is the UNSW site, which explains a lot of the theory of most instrument familes.

Cornelius Nederveen wrote a good book on the maths side for calculating pitch, tone hole positions/sizes and so on:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=cornelius+nederveen

and the old favourite is Arthur Benade:
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-...484X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308246809&sr=8-2

But neither say a lot about bores, bells and so on.

Mouthpieces - Theo Wanne has a 'universty' on his site and the mouthpitece museum has quite a lot of shots/examples.

And Ernest Ferron's The Saxophone is my voice (IMD 435) has a some good basics, including a good expose of the aspects of neck sizing. Difficult to find, but one source is music medic in the US. Published by International Music Diffusion, 24-26 rue Etex, 75018 PARIS.

Should get you going.... Especially if you follow the related links in Amazon.

 

[Nick Wyver]

Have a look here.

 

[kevgermany]

Thanks Nick, that's the one I was thinking of.

 

[thomsax]

Here is a link to Luleå Tekniska Universitet. The study is not that much about the design of the sax, more about the sound of the sax.

http://www.ltu.se/research/Forsknin...rchive/Studier-av-musikinstrument-1.4959?l=en

Thomas

 

[trebor]

Thank you all for this it has helped me get more than started on this project for my course