{"id":33406,"date":"2012-08-21T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=33406"},"modified":"2024-06-02T09:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T16:39:33","slug":"saxophone-nursery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/saxophone-nursery\/","title":{"rendered":"A Saxophone Nursery?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I finally got my outdoor saxophone decoration put up. Earlier this summer I scored a P.O.S. student model alto saxophone, that had been used as a cadaver horn. All the key work had been taken off this Century alto sax, and some of the bits and pieces had been used to repair other horns. The remains were just sitting around in a case, and when I bought the case, I got the sax body with it.<\/p>\n

I picked the perfect outdoor spot for the sax body, but life has been rather hectic this summer\u2014topped off by us adopting an orphaned, 6 week old, pure black kitten a couple of weeks ago\u2014so I hadn’t had time to get it mounted. Yesterday I finally got the hook on the shed wall, and voil\u00e0, my first, and only, outdoor saxophone began its new life as a garden ornament.<\/p>\n

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I was going to put dirt into the bell, and put some flowers into the horn, but since it’s rather late in the season that will have to wait until next year.<\/p>\n

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Since this Century still has 100% of its lacquer intact, it will be interesting to see how it withstands the rain (and couple of snow storms) that make up winter on the West Coast. It is under an overhang, so it won’t be too exposed.<\/p>\n

I can tell you that the springs were impossible to remove or cut. Whatever they were made of is crazy hard. They are not blue steel, but I would guess that they’ll still rust.<\/p>\n

When we went to hang this Century alto in its new place of honour, we walked through my studio and the newly added sunroom to go outside. As we manoeuvred around all the saxophone cases that are currently out on the floor, couches, and ottomans, I joked about the fact that the horns were multiplying. My partner suggested that I was running a saxophone breeding program. \":mrgreen:\"<\/p>\n

I thought I might make a sign saying something like: Shhhh…. Saxophone nursery. Babies sleeping<\/em>. Although I naturally wouldn’t put a sign like that up outside the house, it would make a funny door sign into my studio.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n
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