Source: Christi Atkins
After nearly 4 years of blog entries, and regular comments from I don’t know how many players from all over the world, I thought it would be really interesting to find out what kinds of saxophone players were dropping in here.
There are a couple of reasons that I thought this information would be interesting to know:
- Sure, I’ll admit it, I’m nosey.
But seriously, who isn’t? Isn’t one of the first questions we ask a fellow sax player when we first meet them: What kind of saxophone do you play? - If I start to see a pattern, for example if I start to notice that there are more sopranino players here than anything else—not likely because ‘nino players would have likely given up on me by now—then it might give me ideas for future articles.
In this poll you can select as many of the following saxophones as apply to you. So go crazy. The poll is anonymous. Not even I have a recording of who answered what.
What kinds of saxophones &/or sax relatives do you play?
- Tenor Rothophone (1%, 8 Votes)
- Soprillo (1%, 18 Votes)
- Soprano Rothophone (0%, 1 Votes)
- Slide Sax (1%, 15 Votes)
- Other (1%, 12 Votes)
- G mezzo-soprano (0%, 4 Votes)
- F Mezzo-Soprano (1%, 21 Votes)
- F Alto (1%, 17 Votes)
- EEb Contrabass Sarrusophone (0%, 5 Votes)
- Eb Tubax (1%, 16 Votes)
- Eb Sopranino Sarrusophone (0%, 2 Votes)
- Eb Sopranino (3%, 49 Votes)
- Eb Contrabass (1%, 14 Votes)
- Eb Baritone Sarrusophone (0%, 6 Votes)
- Eb Baritone (14%, 221 Votes)
- Eb Alto Sarrusophone (0%, 5 Votes)
- Eb Alto (23%, 358 Votes)
- Contrabass Rothophone (0%, 3 Votes)
- Conn-O-Sax (1%, 9 Votes)
- CC Contrabass Sarrusophone (0%, 3 Votes)
- C Soprano (2%, 38 Votes)
- C Melody (5%, 77 Votes)
- BBb Contrabass Sarrusophone (0%, 4 Votes)
- Bb Tubax (1%, 8 Votes)
- Bb Tenor Sarrusophone (0%, 4 Votes)
- Bb Tenor (21%, 339 Votes)
- Bb Soprano Sarrusophone (0%, 3 Votes)
- Bb Soprano (14%, 225 Votes)
- Bb Bass Sarrusophone (0%, 4 Votes)
- Bb Bass (5%, 73 Votes)
- Bass Rothophone (0%, 2 Votes)
- Baritone Rothophone (0%, 5 Votes)
- Aulochrome (0%, 1 Votes)
- Any other Double Reed Saxophone Relative (0%, 7 Votes)
- Alto Rothophone (0%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 538
Loading ...This poll will be available in 2 places: in this post, as well as in the side navigation bar. I’ll be making this post a sticky one for a little while, thus allowing as many new people as possible to see and answer it.
Notice I have a check box for Other. I think I managed to capture all the different saxophone voices, but maybe I missed one. If I did, please let me know either via a comment or by email. I do have the power to change a poll that’s in progress.
You can put me down for Bb tenor, Bb bass, and Eb contrabass sarrusophones 😉
Has Jay Easton seen this yet?
Oh, you troublemaker you Grant. 😉 Bringing in those double reed relatives.
I decided to go one better, and add the Roths too. I wouldn’t want anyone to feel left out.
I even created a category for all those other double reed sax relatives (sax oboes, etc.).
Or Paul Cohen and his 104ish horns ….
FWIW, it should probably be, “What saxes do you own.” I’m capable of playing any sax, but I only own one (well, my wife owns one).
As far as what articles I’d like to see, well you know I’m all for the vintage stuff 🙂
Really Pete? Including a slide? Really? I don’t know…
My trombone skills were marginal at best when I studied it for 3 months in university. And based on Randy said his experiences were when he first got his Reiffel & Husted into playable condition, I’m thinking the slide sax is as challenging as any slide trombone is.
I’ve toyed with maybe ordering an new slide sax (formerly called an Ivophone) from J’Elle Stainer. Then I think back to how frustrating my trombone lessons were, and I think :censor: it.
Hey, the slide horns have a sax mouthpiece and some happen to have the pitches stamped on the side of the horn, so I’d bet it wouldn’t take *terribly* long to get the hang of it.
OK. So pitches. That’s a fun exercise:
* “Soprillio” is a brand name for the most common Bb sopranissimo sax. However, HN White made one prototype and there are a few hand-made ones out there.
* Hey, there’s that (alleged) A soprano on Get-A-Sax.
* F alto. The Conn-O-Sax is considered one and there were a few companies, like Kohlert, that made their own F altos.
* G mezzo-soprano. Peter Jessen makes ’em. There are at least two.
* Eb Georgeophone (a curved Eb baritone).
* F baritone. They’re alleged to exist.
* Bb Georgeophone (a curved Bb bass).
* Tubaxes in Bb and C.
* Eb subcontra. Hey, I think someone who’s got one posted an article or three here :P.
I’d also think about including Rothophones and Sarrusophones, especially if you use a single-reed mouthpiece.
I see Randy still hasn’t taken this survey. 😉