{"id":9740,"date":"2009-09-26T10:49:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2009-09-26T10:49:11","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T17:49:11","slug":"nova-wooden-saxophones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2009\/nova-wooden-saxophones\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Wooden Saxophones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last October I wrote a post titled, Acrylic, Polymer, & Wood Oh My!<\/a>, which explored a variety of unconventional materials used in saxophone construction. One of the saxophones I mentioned in that article, was a wooden\u00a0alto that actually sounded quite good in the YouTube clip provided on the Thaitradder.com website,\u00a0through which\u00a0the sax was being sold. See what you think…<\/p>\n

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When I wrote the original article, there was no information available about this sax, other than what was on the Thaitradder.com sales page. It seemed to have no brand name attached to it.<\/p>\n

Quite by chance, a\u00a0few months ago, I happened to come across\u00a0this website\u00a0for\u00a0the Nova Wodden [sic]\u00a0Saxophone<\/a>. :scratch:\u00a0 (Obviously they meant “Wooden”.)<\/p>\n

According to their home page:<\/p>\n

More Than……………………………………….Art<\/p>\n

More Than……………………………….Classical<\/p>\n

More Than……………………………Saxophone<\/p>\n

More Than…………………….Explain by word<\/p>\n

Touch it! by your heart and your hand<\/p>\n

Wooden Saxophone<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These handmade Nova Wooden Saxophones come in soprano, alto, and tenor versions.<\/p>\n

\"Soprano\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: saxwood.com<\/h6>\n

\"Alto<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: saxwood.com<\/h6>\n

\"In<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: saxwood.com<\/h6>\n

When you spend some time poking around the website, you find out all kinds of things. Apparently these saxophones are made of a wood called\u00a0\u201cMai Ching Chan\u201d or \u201cDalbergia Oliveri\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dalbergia Oliveri is a tree in rosewood family which grows 15-30 meters in height. The fruit is a green pod containing one to two seed which turns brown to black when ripe. It is most found in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The wood of Dalbergia Oliveri is beautiful. Moreover, the heartwood [hardwood?] is very hard thus, it is valuable for ornamental work including wooden parts of a building and furniture.<\/p>\n

Source: saxwood.com<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The photos the company provide, show incredible craftsmanship and attention to detail.<\/p>\n

\"Lower<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: saxwood.com<\/h6>\n

\"Low<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: saxwood.com<\/h6>\n

Take a listen to the sound samples in the\u00a0sound gallery<\/a>, and see what you think. There are also some links to other YouTube videos in the video gallery<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If nothing else, these horns are an interesting piece of saxophonic art… I’m just not so sure about their actual usefulness as full-fledged musical instruments.<\/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>\n<\/div>\n
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