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JoeP
03-07-2003, 10:51 PM
www.indochinamusic.com


what a world! :D
Morry
03-07-2003, 11:24 PM
That's depressing! That guy sounds better on a piece of bamboo than I do on a $4000 sax... :cry:
Andrew
03-08-2003, 04:11 AM
Wow...those are cool lookin suckers. I'd like to try one, but I don't have $200 to dish out.
Morry
03-08-2003, 05:29 AM
So, I wonder if the fingering is more sax-like or recorder-like?
Andrew
03-08-2003, 07:34 AM
I assume maybe like sax type, but to get different octaves, you'd have to use overtones maybe? It's interesting. Maybe if one pops up on eBay for cheap, I might get it to see how it plays.
Andrew
03-08-2003, 07:35 AM
It'd be really fun to gig w/one of those. Give the audience and the band something different to listen to...............and look at!
Gordon (NZ)
03-08-2003, 03:23 PM
They probably cost 10 times less IN Thailand!
Media Lint
03-08-2003, 05:55 PM
Next time one of my friends goes to thailand I'll have to have them look for one :)
Durand
04-09-2003, 06:35 PM
I think straight soprano sounds very out of tune :(
Pete N
05-16-2003, 06:46 PM
I've got a "baritone" version... It was fun for a week or two and certainly produces a sound very much its own, but you wouldn't want to do anything too tricky on it!

I can only get a few semi-tones over an octave on the baritone version, too, although I suspect the higher models are a little easier to control as they've been around for longer and been developed a bit more. The fingering system is very much its own, as you have a hole that has to be covered by the left little finger, and certain holes are spaced a semi-tone apart whilst certain others are a tone apart (necessitating half-hole fingerings...).

Pulls in some interest on the rare occasions I risk playing it at a gig though!
TenorReinier
06-01-2003, 03:40 PM
Hi All,

I bought one (tenor model) some years ago from this guy; he had a stand on the Marciac (France) Jazz Festival where I was. Reason: I was on vacation and I just HAD to play something and this seemed quite nice. I payed 600 French Francs (about the same price he's asking now I guess).

My experiences: very bad. It's impossible to play this thing in tune. The sound is nice, but only for a while. Although it seems he has made some progress (the lig for example, I got a shoe lace with mine...or the "padded gigbag") I wouldn't risk it.

Mine broke a couple of months ago (advantage: it only breaks where it has been glued, so it's easy to fix), but I haven't pulled myself together yet to fix it. I suppose that says enough...

Regards,
Reinier
singlereed
06-01-2003, 04:32 PM
You can see these and other ethnic interpretations of the saxophone at www.saxophones.co.uk
djackson_manchester
06-05-2003, 03:41 PM
http://www.sunreed.com and http://www.xaphoon.com might be worth a try
michaelbaird
08-26-2003, 08:18 AM
I've got a xaphoon. Don't waste your time.
Dr G
08-28-2003, 06:56 PM
Why not? You don't want any competition for session calls on xaphoon? :lol:
michaelbaird
08-31-2003, 08:56 AM
It sounds terrible, the fingerings are awkward, and I just wouldn't waste my time. I'm unwilling to devote the time to it.
Vortex
10-17-2003, 07:55 PM
There might be an idea here for the clarinet world: Bamboo clarinets! I don't mean those weird designs they had on sunreed, I mean a standard clarinet with bamboo cane instead of wood. Who knows...
michaelbaird
10-17-2003, 09:38 PM
www.larkinthemorning.com sells alot of unusual instruments.
VegasChris
10-19-2003, 10:34 PM
I have a question... does a bamboo saxophone use a metal reed?
werkinsnake
11-02-2003, 06:34 AM
Am I the only one who doesn't think that that soundbite is from the bamboo saxophone? If it is, it's highly EQed and processed. Probably from the same people who made Kenny G a star. $200 seems a bit steep for these since I have been finding them on eBay for under $50