Saxophone Patent Drawing From 1928 Digital Art by Carlos Diaz

Saxophone Patent Drawing From 1928

by Carlos Diaz

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Title

Saxophone Patent Drawing From 1928

Artist

Carlos Diaz

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Art

Description

Saxophone Patent Drawing From 1928 - by Carlos Diaz

Description

' To this end, I would state that all saxo-' Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT

HARRY J. WATERS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SAXOPHONE.

Application filed September 17, 1924. Serial No. 738,229.

instruments, but has specific reference to a novel saxophone.

In order that persons not particularly-familiar with instruments of this class may obtain a clear comprehension of the present invention, I- am going to allude briefly to the conventional saxophone of the present day.

So far as I know, from 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 of the side keys operated by the first finger of the right hand, can be operated up to and including high C-sharp.

Now, in order to open the remaining valves at the top of the tubing, the left hand must be bodily shifted from its natural .position so that the palm 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 D sharp. High-E re quires the same valves being open and an additional valve operated by the first 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.