Saxophone Patent Cad Drawing
by Carlos Diaz
Title
Saxophone Patent Cad Drawing
Artist
Carlos Diaz
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Digital Art - Digital Art
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Saxophone Patent Cad Drawing - by Carlos Diaz
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' Tolthis end, I would statethat all saxo-' Patented Sept. 4, 1928.
UNITED STATES PATENT iaaazia @FFECE.
HARRY J. WATERS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
SAXOPHONE.
Application filed September 17, 1924. Serial No. 738,229.
instruments, but has specific reference to anovel saxophone.
In order ithat'persons not particularly-familiar with instruments of this class may obtain a clear comprehension ofthe present invention, I- am going to allude br efly to the conventional saxophone of the present day.
phones, so far as I know, fronr the bass up to the soprano,- are-fingered' substantially alike, the range of tone usually extending from low B-flat to high-F. The thumb of the left hand of the performer rests on a button adjacent an octave key, while the corresponding finger of the other hand engages beneath a hook on the'tubing of the instrument. With the hands thus placed, the fingers are positioned over the valves and their operating means. 'Thus, without bodily shifting or-rotating the hands, all valves, with the exception ofthe side keys operated by the first finger of the right hand, can be operated up to and including high C-sharp.
Now, inorder to open the remaining valves at the top of the tubing, the left hand must be bodily shifted fromits natural .position so that thelpalm of this hand and the inner ends of the fingers can be used. There are three individual valve levers at this point, one being pressed to produce the tone high-D, two keys being pressed simultaneously to make the tone Dsharp. High-E re quires the same valves being openand an additional valve operated by the filSt finger of the right hand. Making high-F requires all three of the top valves to be opened together. Obviously, when rapid passages in music are encountered requiring shifting of the hands and simultaneous opening of the several valves, smooth playing cannot be enjoyed by the ordinary performer.
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