{"id":2757,"date":"2010-04-15T22:40:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T05:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=2757"},"modified":"2013-01-27T22:22:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T05:22:55","slug":"deposee-toy-sax","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/blow-accordions\/deposee-toy-sax\/","title":{"rendered":"Deposee Sax"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the seller, this\u00a0blow accordion\u00a0was made\u00a0in 1936 by\u00a0P.D. Deposee, in France. Apparently it weighs in at approximately 3 lbs, and\u00a0measures 17″ in length, with a 3 \u00bc” bell.<\/p>\n

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

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately this Deposee sax is missing its mouthpiece, but the seller does show how it comes apart, and describes the free reed mechanism<\/a> of the instrument like this:<\/p>\n

It has a reedblock inside of the body… and you can play multiple notes at once depending on how many keys you hold down!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Because it is a free reed instrument, it is more like an harmonica than a saxophone, since the sound is produced as the air flows past a reed that vibrates while it is held in a frame. However, like a woodwind,\u00a0it\u00a0has keys and tone holes. Unfortunately one of its keys is broken.<\/p>\n

This particular example of a blow accordion has a total of 13 tone holes. Five of them are open, and\u00a08 are closed, and operated with a key.<\/p>\n

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

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

A couple of years previously I had seen my first Deposee blow accordion. Its metal body showed some signs of serious use and abuse over the years. There\u00a0were some dents in the body tube, and a couple of the keys\u00a0were broken off.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the seller, this\u00a0blow accordion\u00a0was made\u00a0in 1936 by\u00a0P.D. Deposee, in France. Apparently it weighs in at approximately 3 lbs, and\u00a0measures 17″ in length, with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3828,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2757","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P30OPe-It","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2757\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}