{"id":36338,"date":"2013-02-22T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T19:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=36338"},"modified":"2024-06-05T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:12:37","slug":"bw-protest-photo-of-a-bari-sax-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2013\/bw-protest-photo-of-a-bari-sax-player\/","title":{"rendered":"B&W Protest Photo Of A Bari Sax Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday there were protests in the streets of Adolphe Sax’s homeland. Brussels was filled with shouting, drumming, whistling, marching, and chanting, as workers protested the Belgium government’s proposed austerity measures.<\/p>\n

Kevin Vanden captured some great photos yesterday, and posted them to his Flickr account<\/a>. No, Vanden is not a professional photographer. He is a 20-year-old political science major, who just happens to like music and photography.<\/p>\n

This love of music and photography blends together perfectly, in the following photo that Vanden took of a bari sax player who participated in the protests. I don’t know who this bari player is, but I’m guessing she does more than play in the occasional street protest.<\/p>\n

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Photography by Kevin Vanden<\/a>  Source: Flickr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Her Conn New Wonder is keyed up to high F, and it has something like a Francois Louis mouthpiece on it. If you look on the Mouthpiece Museum website<\/a>, you can see a high baffle, sterling silver, soprano, Francois Louis mouthpiece, that looks remarkably similar. I’m guessing this woman is playing the bari version of this piece. The company’s website<\/a> doesn’t show metal mouthpieces currently in production, so I suspect that this bari player has either had her mouthpiece for a while, or bought it used.<\/p>\n

Combine the horn choice\u2014which in Europe is harder to come by, and quite expensive compared to here\u2014with the mouthpiece, and I’m guessing you’ve got a player who has quite a few years playing experience under her belt. I wonder what kind of music she plays? Does she play in a band?<\/p>\n

If anyone has seen or heard this bari sax player, or has heard of her, feel free to chime in with a comment. It would be interesting to find out more about her. BTW, in Vancouver we also have a baritone player who plays at protests<\/a>. He plays a low A horn however, and that’s a whole lot heavier to carry around for hours at a time.<\/p>\n

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