![\"Couesnophone,](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Couesnophone-Patent-Pics-1924.jpg\" "\\"Couesnophone")
<\/a>Source: en.wikipedia.org <\/h6>\n
Couesnon was issued a patent for the Goofus in 1924. According to Wikipedia<\/a>, Patent 569294<\/a> was issued for an instrument that was described as a saxophone jouet<\/em>, which is French for toy saxophone<\/em>. However, unlike a sax that can only play one note at a time, the Goofus was built to play multiple notes simultaneously. It accomplishes this because it is what is called a free reed<\/a> instrument\u2014which actually makes the Goofus more closely related to a harmonica than a saxophone.<\/p>\n Harmonica player, teacher, technician and historian Pat Missin has a page on the couesnophone<\/a> on his website. This is how he describes the way the Goofus works:<\/p>\n The instrument did resemble a sax, an instrument very much in vogue at the time, but it was actually a free reed instrument much like the harmonicor<\/a>, with the reeds being selected by piston-like keys arranged in a similar manner to the keys of a piano – one row of keys giving a C major scale, the other row arranged in alternate groups of two and three to give the sharps and flats. It could be played whilst held in a position similar to a sax, but it also came with a long rubber tube that allowed the player to place it on a horizontal surface and play it like a keyboard whilst blowing it through the tube.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This photo of a couesnophone shows what it can look like.<\/p>\n Unfortunately the one that came up for sale on eBay in November ’09 didn’t quite look like that. It was very much in need of a restoration. Nonetheless, it sold for the tidy sum of $510.00.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n This Goofus came up for sale only a few months after the one shown above. In July 2010, the following Couesnophone was sold on eBay for the tidy sum of $665.55. Hell, it didn’t even have a mouthpiece. <\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n The Goofus was popular for a little while in the early days of jazz. The instrument’s most notable player was bass saxophonist Adrian Rollini. Rollini was featured on the couesnophone in a band signed to Okeh Records called The Goofus Five<\/a>.<\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nSource: oldmusicalinstruments.com<\/h6>\n
Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n
Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n
Yes Virginia, There Really Is A Famous Goofus Player<\/h3>\n