{"id":20893,"date":"2010-08-21T09:41:23","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T16:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=20893"},"modified":"2010-08-21T09:41:23","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T16:41:23","slug":"the-brazilian-homemade-saxophone-a-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/the-brazilian-homemade-saxophone-a-follow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brazilian Homemade Saxophone: A Follow-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last January I wrote a post about a DIY saxophone<\/a> that a player was using to busk with in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This sax was made of PVC piping<\/a> and,\u00a0according to the photographer, sounded similar to a real saxophone.<\/p>\n

I had hoped that the inventor of this DIY sax would visit my site one day, and tell us more about his invention. Well last night he did.<\/p>\n

Gibran Santos is the man behind SaxArte<\/a>\u2014the colourful, carefully shaped,\u00a0PVC water pipes that when played, emit a sound eerily like those\u00a0of an actual saxophone.<\/p>\n

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It appears that Gibran’s homemade saxophones stem from a lifelong desire to play our beloved instrument.\u00a0Sadly a\u00a0lack of\u00a0financial means\u00a0put that dream out of his reach.<\/p>\n

His love of the saxophone began early. At\u00a0the age of 6 he already wanted a toy saxophone. Not having enough money to buy a real sax later, he settled on the harmonica, and taught himself how to play it.<\/p>\n

One day he found someone selling a type of bamboo saxophone in Republic Square. Unfortunately the the instrument soon broke. However, this gave Gibran the idea to develop his own saxophone, only he thought he would use something longer-lasting.<\/p>\n

In 2002 Gibran bought\u00a0PVC pipes and dura poxy, and went about trying to design\u00a0the first\u00a0saxophone for himself. It took a number of attempts, but after approximately 20 prototypes he finally found the formula for a good sound.<\/p>\n

Over the years\u00a0Gibran created enough of these saxophones that\u00a0he has refined them, and\u00a0now feels comfortable selling them to the public. These horns are being sold under the name Gibran_SaxArte.arte & company.<\/p>\n

For a sample of how true the scale of these\u00a0C pitched, fibreglass and resin saxophones is, check out Gibran’s YouTube videos. They are embedded on his site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gibran sells his horns for 200 BRL (Brazil Reais), which, at the time of writing,\u00a0is $113.86 according to XE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His goal to produce his saxophones on a larger scale so that the price can be further reduced. He would like to have the price such, that everyone who wants to play, can afford to buy one of his saxophones. He is currently looking for a company to work with to make this dream of his a reality.\u00b9<\/p>\n

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