GIANT SAXOPHONE IS SO LARGE PLAYER STANDS ON LADDER (Jun, 1924)
GIANT SAXOPHONE IS SO LARGE PLAYER STANDS ON LADDER
Weighing 500 pounds and modeled accurately after smaller instruments, a huge saxophone was displayed not long ago in California. Securely bracketed to the outside of the manufacturer’s shop, the giant instrument formed an impressive advertising display, and to emphasize its tremendous proportions, a young woman who attempted to play it was compelled to mount a ladder to reach the mouthpiece.
Wouldn’t it require too much breath to play something this large?
And how do you reach the keys with your mouth on the mouthpiece?
Seems bogus.
Comment by Rick Auricchio — March 2, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
What’s bogus about trying to play?
Comment by Bob — March 2, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
This photo does not represent an honest attempt to play that saxophone; it represents a pretty girl in a short skirt pretending to play it.
Comment by Blurgle — March 2, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
And what’s wrong with pretty girls in short skirts?
I doubt this would work. You’d need a bucket of water just to get the reed to work well.
Comment by slamon — March 3, 2008 @ 12:11 pm