I am guessing judging by the sofa and bari (not stood next to a contrabass so cant tell), he is about 5ft7ins?, (shall we take bets on it?, winner gets a signed photograph of saxtek playing the contrabass)
Hang on, I need to upscale my estimate, comparing a picture of a tenor sax with a contrabass I am estimating that a contrabass is 2.63 times larger than a tenor sax (without the neck), so the contrabass is just over 6ft tall (without the stand), so I think YamahaAltoPlayer`s estimate was more on the money, infact i`ll go a bit taller and say 6ft to 6ft1ins.
Anyway, nice horn, here is Anthony Braxton on one..
Hey, thanks. I forgot about the peg at the bottom. I woulda guessed about 6'1" or 6'2" too. I'm staying with though (5'10"). Hurry up, and finish mesuring yourself saxtek!
Ah ok, I had 189cm as my estimate (on my saxophone family picture in an orchestration book a tenor is about 5.5 cm tall without the neck, a contrabass about 14.5cm, my tenor is about 72cm tall, hence my answer)
Hmmmm. I'm gonna go with at least 6'1". I'm 5'7" and a bari comes up to my chest when I stand next to one (which is as infrequently as possible:twisted
I played a Conn bass saxophone in marching band at Dartmouth in the late 1960s. I went back and played the same horn again for "alumni band day" in the early 1980s. Then I retired from marching. The new marching bands are fantastic. I'd rather watch than play.
Very nice
I dug the YouTube clips.
That thing needs to be in an ensemble. Have you taken it out yet?
Did it come with a case and does it fit in your car?
It does sound funny but not any funnier then a string bass or tuba playing the melody
well maybe a little funnier
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