The CaféSaxophone saxophone

[saxyjt]

we are still in the teaser stage

I can't wait to see it reach the firecat's stage!

 

[malteof]

Looks really cool. One downside I can think of is that my local tech won't be able to fix it if needed...

 

[Wonko]

If you are looking for people with experience in combining carbon-fibre with other materials. You could look at manufacturing of road racing bikes. Their frames are mostly carbon-fibre, and just about every other part is in aluminium or other alloys.

 

[mpj.brennan]

Not only the frames:

 

[Pete Thomas]

Looks really cool. One downside I can think of is that my local tech won't be able to fix it if needed...

We will have that covered, plus there will be "conventional" models available.

 

[Stephen Howard]

We learnt something new a little while back. You can see that this is not your bog standard carbon fibre:

The underside of that arm looks a bit thin!

 

[DavidUK]

Pete, I guess you know Alastair Hanson has been developing carbon fibre for rods?

If not, maybe speak with him and put your heads together?

 

[malteof]

We will have that covered, plus there will be "conventional" models available.

What's the timeline? I'm getting quite interested

 

[Pete Effamy]

You could source plenty of quality 2nds from F1.

 

[Vetinari]

You could source plenty of quality 2nds from F1.

Would that give a faster action?

 

[Pete Effamy]

Would that give a faster action?

Depends upon the ride height..

 

[Pete Effamy]

Would that give a faster action?

It would be more streamlined...

 

[Pete Effamy]

We will have that covered, plus there will be "conventional" models available.

Ask Adrian Newey.. He liked boats for a bit, so might fancy a go at a sax. There again, as has been noted a few comments previous... they tried to sink.

 

[Pete Effamy]

Try blowing down the pipe of a Red Bull RB10..
Larkin' about aside - sounds interesting indeed.

 

[Pete Thomas]

The underside of that arm looks a bit thin!

I think all will be revealed when you see the actual thing, and i think you will be one of the first to have a proper butchers.

 

[Stephen Howard]

I think all will be revealed when you see the actual thing, and i think you will be one of the first to have a proper butchers.

My biggest concern with 'pegged' key arms is that the stresses involved are focussed around a very small area, and this can lead to the hole for the pin becoming enlarged.
I see it on flutes from time-to-time - which traditionally use small pins to secure parts of the keywork to a single rod. The forces involved are quite low on a flute - but the fact that it still occurs leads me to wonder what will happen when you scale it up.

But...there is a precedent on a sax - the Boosey & Co soprano had pins fitted to the low B/B key. There wasn't much (if any) wear present on the example I serviced, but the stresses involved wouldn't have been that great. However, once you start dealing with keys that are more strongly sprung it may well become an issue over a relatively short space of time.
This is why I'd favour a hex-shaped key barrel, so that the profile of the barrel takes most of the strain and leaves the pin to serve merely as a locking device.

 

[sizzzzler]

this is sounding like a very weird sax.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Apologies if I've missed it in this thread, but is this being manufactured in the UK? Or designed by you and built in Aisa?

 

[Pete Effamy]

Apologies if I've missed it in this thread, but is this being manufactured in the UK? Or designed by you and built in Aisa?

Asia is a big place... and great horns have been made there for quite some time now. Made in USA would concern me more these days.

 

[Pete Effamy]

Asia is a big place... and great horns have been made there for quite some time now. Made in USA would concern me more these days.

To head it off at the pass - you can include “assembled” as “made”