Comments on: GIANT SAXOPHONE IS SO LARGE PLAYER STANDS ON LADDER

By: Terry Hummer

Terry Hummer — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:00:31 +0000

It did work. It required 3 players: one for the upper stack, one for the lower, and one to blow. Three of these instruments were made; they were melted down for the metal during the war, so no longer exist. They were a Conn company advertising gimmick, but they really did work. Accounts of witnesses report that “it sounded like an earthquake.” No recordings were ever made, alas.

There was an article about these instruments (double e-flat contrabass saxes) in Saxophone Journal years ago.

By: slamon

slamon — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:11:13 +0000

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.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:44:18 +0000

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.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:38:01 +0000

What’s bogus about trying to play?

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:08:36 +0000

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.