{"id":30592,"date":"2012-02-28T10:07:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T18:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=30592"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:41:07","slug":"enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Because One Is Not Enough&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now&nbsp;under the category of: <em>Instruments That Clowns Under the Big Top Might Play<\/em>, comes the following combination of soprano and tenor saxophones. This combo horn is the brainchild of Louis B. Massa of Bergenfield, NJ.&nbsp;Massa received <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/patents\/US4341146?dq=saxophone+neck&amp;ei=h_5MT5qHGZSSqwGYx_3FDg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Patent 4,341,146<\/a>, for his invention&nbsp;in July 1982.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patentimages.storage.googleapis.com\/c0\/43\/83\/b08f8b418f44cf\/US4341146-drawings-page-4.png?w=1174&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h6>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/patents\/US4341146?printsec=drawing&amp;dq=saxophone+neck&amp;ei=h_5MT5qHGZSSqwGYx_3FDg#v=onepage&amp;q=saxophone%20neck&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Patents<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>There are some obvious, and some not so obvious mods that have been to these 2 instruments, which allow for this Rahsaan&nbsp;Roland Kirk-inspired creation to work. These modifications include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Both the soprano and tenor bells have been&nbsp;replaced by trumpet bells.<\/li>\n<li>The 2 horns are joined&nbsp;together by a bracket, which allow the player to adjust the soprano for optimum sound.<\/li>\n<li>Both horns have had some of their tone holes altered.<\/li>\n<li>The tenor is cut off just below its F# tone hole.<\/li>\n<li>The tenor also has had its G# key removed.<\/li>\n<li>The soprano is cut off just above its F# tone hole.<\/li>\n<li>On both horns, the same tone holes are blocked off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does this leave the player with? According to the Patent:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A musical instrument combining a modified portion of a tenor saxophone with a modified portion of a soprano saxophone joined together by means of a bracket whereby one of the two instruments can be moved relative to the other to obtain proper alignment whereby the two instruments can be played simultaneously. Each of the two instruments is provided with its own mouthpiece whereby a musician may play two notes simultaneously. Each instrument is also fitted with a trumpet bell outlet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h6>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/patents\/US4341146?printsec=drawing&amp;dq=saxophone+neck&amp;ei=h_5MT5qHGZSSqwGYx_3FDg#v=onepage&amp;q=saxophone%20neck&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Patents<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Is anyone asking&nbsp;themselves the same question that I am: Why would someone do this?<\/p>\n<p>Sure Rahsaan&nbsp;Roland Kirk did some pretty&nbsp;odd stuff, like adding a mellophone&nbsp;bell to his Saxello&nbsp;and calling it a&nbsp;manzello, but his&nbsp;horns weren&#8217;t transected. He was still able&nbsp;to play&nbsp;multiple horns simultaneously without cutting them in half.&nbsp;Is this patented soprano\/tenor combo just a dummied-down version for musicians? I don&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p>Sure it&#8217;s a novelty instrument, but for what purpose? For circus performers?&nbsp;When I worked as a clown back in my university days, this would have been a great prop.&nbsp;But beyond that type of work, I&#8217;m not seeing any practical application.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve not seen anything like this in my travels. That said, I haven&#8217;t worked as a clown since the 80s, and never for a circus.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe someone who stumbles across this post sometime will recognize this combo instrument. I suspect that perhaps it was built and used by someone\u2014maybe someone who worked as a clown\u2014and they decided to patent it. Or perhaps I&#8217;m totally wrong.<\/p>\n<p>If you recognize this instrument, please chime in and tell me where you&#8217;ve seen it, and what you might know about it. Until then, it will just be filed under <em>oddball saxophone inventions that didn&#8217;t gain a lot of traction.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 500px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: left; border: 0px solid #25e925; padding: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 285px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia; font-size: 28px; line-height: 24px; color: #aaff66; text-align: right;\">&#8230;this is just <span style=\"color: #fe4899;\">my <em>blog<\/em>. <\/span><span style=\"color: #66aaff;\"> My <b>\u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassic-sax.info\">www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> <span style=\"color: #66aaff;\">If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> <span style=\"color: #fe4899;\"> <strong>sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should <span style=\"color: #aaff66;\">check it out too.<\/span><span style=\"color: #fe4899;\">There\u2019s <em>lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now&nbsp;under the category of: Instruments That Clowns Under the Big Top Might Play, comes the following combination of soprano and tenor saxophones. 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