{"id":38180,"date":"2013-07-11T07:07:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T15:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=38180"},"modified":"2024-06-08T10:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T17:56:17","slug":"an-innovative-saxophone-lamp-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2013\/an-innovative-saxophone-lamp-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"An Innovative Saxophone Lamp Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you been wanting a saxophone lamp, but do you want something different? Are you not wanting the same old, same old<\/a>, or a tacky lampshade<\/a>? Well how about this innovative saxophone lamp….<\/p>\n

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Source: russianheritage1<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw this innovative saxophone lamp during one of my regular eBay visits recently. A seller in Estonia currently has it listed up for auction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now I wouldn’t buy a lamp that was built in Europe, regardless what the seller says:<\/p>\n

Old russian saxophone design table lamp.<\/p>\n

Weight with postament: 7 Lb 10 Oz(3.45 kg.)<\/p>\n

H=62 cm.(25″)<\/p>\n

transformer :220\/12 volts.<\/p>\n

Lamp :12 volts<\/p>\n

can use transformer 110\/12 volts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, this design gives us ideas of how to make an innovative saxophone lamp out of old saxophone bodies\u2014bodies that otherwise are headed for the scrap metal yard.<\/p>\n

I am curious though, how stable this lamp is. The base would have to be fairly heavy to keep the lamp from toppling over.<\/p>\n

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Source: russianheritage1<\/span><\/p>\n

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I really like the idea of the light coming from inside the bell of the horn.<\/p>\n

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Source: russianheritage1<\/span><\/p>\n

OK, so it won’t be a reading lamp, but it will add nice ambient lighting.<\/p>\n

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Source: russianheritage1<\/span><\/p>\n

This particular saxophone happens to be an old Russian alto…<\/p>\n

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… but you could also do this with any old sax you had kicking around. I can think of lots of beater horns that would make fine lamps, and not all of them are old.  \ud83d\ude08<\/p>\n

Here are the rest of the pics of this innovative saxophone lamp…<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

Source: russianheritage1<\/span><\/p>\n

Now if you live in Europe, or if you don’t mind taking a risk with finding a transformer that works here in North America, you might want to know that this auction ends on July 16<\/a>. The seller has set the opening bid at $250.00 US. There were no bids yet, at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

Since I don’t jack around with electricity, if I were interested in this lamp, I’d get my friend, who is an electrician, to look at the auction for me, and tell me if this would work or not.<\/p>\n

Now it just so happens that I have been working on an art project involving a junker saxophone body<\/a>. When its done, it will be an innovative saxophone lamp as well, but it will also be much more. More on that some other day, when my project is completed. Here’s a teaser though, if you live locally, you can see it on display already, in the show window of a downtown shop that belongs to a friend of mine.<\/p>\n

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