Well, I do have to point out that the saxhorns are alive and well in the
form of modern tubas, baritones, alto horns, and cornets.

Are tuba's "cool"? take a look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHMyrhilkdo


And it doesn't take much ingenuity to press a string down at different
places to play a tune either.  But some great music can come about that way.


Steve G.





-----Original Message-----
From: Upper Valley Community Band
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Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:24 PM
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Subject: Re: June 28, 1846: Parisian Inventor Patents Saxophone

Hmm, yes, the sax horn family was really a tremendous success and pinnacle
of achievement given its long and illustrious history, whereas  the
saxophone is still going strong and even gaining in popularity among all the
'cool' types of people.   Definitely the saxophone was a "flash in the pan",
whereas the sax-horns pretty much went away 100 years ago!

When it comes to trombones, well, there are no valves or keys to speak of -
just how much ingenuity does it take to stick a couple pieces of plumbing
together?  ;-)

Mike Fugere

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-----Original Message-----
From: Upper Valley Community Band
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Well, there is the Tromboon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromboon
Not commonly used, but scored for by P.D.Q. Bach - the youngest of J.S.
Bach's 20-odd children - and the oddest.



-----Original Message-----
From: Upper Valley Community Band
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It's well known that many similar  attempts have been made over the
years to patent variations on the trombone design, but authorities
always overturn such efforts because the trombone is considered both
an elemental product of nature and an artistic work, thus not
patentable... ;)

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Gasiorowski, Mary (GLSD)
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> Yes, after doing something useful (creating the saxhorn brasswind family),
Adolphe went downhill and recycled the ophicleide by adding a clarinet reed
and naming it the saxophone...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Certain members of our delegation may enjoy this story:
>
> June 28, 1846: Parisian Inventor Patents Saxophone
> http://bit.ly/9YQG3A (Wired.com)
>
>
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> John S. Erickson, Ph.D.
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