Couesnon Saxie - Revision history

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Gwesterhof: /* Couesnon Saxie */

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‎Couesnon Saxie

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‎Couesnon Saxie

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-A 1938 catalog from Ernst Hess Nachf. Klingenthal (Germany) lists a saxie with a forward facing bell to, albeit slightly different. Hess also offers a straight saxie, but doesn't refer to Couesnon.
+A 1938 catalog from Ernst Hess Nachf. Klingenthal (Germany) lists a Saxie with a forward facing bell to, albeit slightly different. Hess also offers a straight Saxie, but doesn't refer to Couesnon.
 [[File:Hess saxie 1.jpg|thumb|center|<small>1938 catalog Ernst Hess Nachf. Klingenthal</small>]]
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-The saxie also figures in a British J.E.D.& S catalogue from 1930, called Saxette or Saxie. Nickel plated and offered in a straight soprano form as well.  J.E.D.& S is John E. Dallas and Sons in London (GB). By half covering the holes chromatic scales can be produced and there's a tutor offered.
+The Saxie also figures in a British J.E.D.& S catalogue from 1930, called Saxette or Saxie. Nickel plated and offered in a straight soprano form as well.  J.E.D.& S is John E. Dallas and Sons in London (GB). By half covering the holes chromatic scales can be produced and there's a tutor offered.
 [[File:1930 Jedson & Mastertone catalogue p 66 1.jpg|thumb|center|<small>1930 J.E.D.&S catalog source: Bassic-sax</small>]]

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 The Saxie is a sax shaped instrument with a 62 centimeter u-bend brass tube and bell and a reed mouthpiece. The inventor and patent holder of the instrument was Frederick B. Hammam of Baltimore, Maryland, the US-patent dating from June 3rd, 1924.
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+File:Saxie 1.jpg|<small>coll. the late David Rycroft</small>
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-[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0tFp2_H3R8 Attilio Berni playing his saxie, from 7.12 till 7.30 in this video]. In February 2019 he offered it for sale, the night of April 20/21st 2019 his Saxie was stolen along with a lot of other instruments.
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 The saxie also figures in a British J.E.D.& S catalogue from 1930, called Saxette or Saxie. Nickel plated and offered in a straight soprano form as well.  J.E.D.& S is John E. Dallas and Sons in London (GB). By half covering the holes chromatic scales can be produced and there's a tutor offered.
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 John E. Dallas (1856-1921) was trained as a banjo maker in London, opened his own workshop and also started a publishing music service. By 1905 the company name was renewed as J. E. Dallas & Sons. The business grew hugely and in 1914 they moved to a new big workshop and the Jedson brand was introduced (J.E. Dallas & SONs). During the '20s Dallas started their wholesales distribution. By 1926 they were offering a huge variety of instruments, usually imported, plus their own makes, now going beyond the banjo manufacturing including Jedson guitars, and the music publishing as always. Most of these '30s instruments were Czech and German imports, a huge percentage were coming from Schönbach (Egerland, Czechoslovakia).
 Nice pages about the Saxie are those from [http://bassic-sax.info/blog/2012/couesnon-saxie| Helen Kahlke ]and [http://www.john-robert-brown.com/the-mysterious-saxie.htm| John Robert Brown]

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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0tFp2_H3R8 Attilio Berni playing his saxie, from 7.12 till 7.30 in this video]. In February 2019 he offered it for sale, the night of April 20/21st 2019 his Saxie was stolen along with a lot of other instruments.

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 At least four more popped up on Ebay in recent years, the one I acquired was sold by a designer from Oakland, California, who found it years ago at an estate sale in Berkeley.
 [[File:Attilio berni saxie.jpg|thumb|left]]
 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0tFp2_H3R8 Attilio Berni playing his saxie, from 7.12 till 7.30 in this video]. In February 2019 he offered it for sale, the night of April 20/21st 2019 his Saxie was stolen along with a lot of other instruments.

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 [[File:Cat couesnon saxie.jpg|thumb|center|<small>Couesnon pricelist 1930 source: Jean-Luc Matte</small>]]
-It was described to the 'ever-widening circle of admirers of the saxophone' as 'the little brother of the saxophone', but easier to play. A Method for the Couesnon Saxie was published by Simson & Frey, New York 1924. The small number of Saxies shows that it was an interesting experiment but not a commercial success. The Saxie is described in detail in The Galpin Society Journal from April 1999: [https://marge.home.xs4all.nl/a_six-finger_hole_saxophone_the_saxie_inst..pdf A Six-Finger Hole Saxophone]: The Saxie. At the time the author, David Rycroft, was aware of four Saxies apart from his own, two in private collections and two in a museum. One of them is in the [http://www.mimo-international.com/mimo/detailstatic.aspx?RSC_BASE=IFD&RSC_DOCID=MINIM_UK_UEDIN_3867&TITLE=/saxie-nominal-pitch-lowest-note-d4| Edinburgh Musical Instrument Museum]
+It was described to the 'ever-widening circle of admirers of the saxophone' as 'the little brother of the saxophone', but easier to play. A Method for the Couesnon Saxie was published by Simson & Frey, New York 1924. The small number of Saxies shows that it was an interesting experiment but not a commercial success. The Saxie is described in detail in [https://www.jstor.org/stable/842523?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents| The Galpin Society Journal] from April 1999: [https://marge.home.xs4all.nl/a_six-finger_hole_saxophone_the_saxie_inst..pdf A Six-Finger Hole Saxophone]: The Saxie. At the time the author, David Rycroft, was aware of four Saxies apart from his own, two in private collections and two in a museum. One of them is in the [http://www.mimo-international.com/mimo/detailstatic.aspx?RSC_BASE=IFD&RSC_DOCID=MINIM_UK_UEDIN_3867&TITLE=/saxie-nominal-pitch-lowest-note-d4| Edinburgh Musical Instrument Museum]
 At least four more popped up on Ebay in recent years, the one I acquired was sold by a designer from Oakland, California, who found it years ago at an estate sale in Berkeley.

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	The Saxie is a sax shaped instrument with a 62 centimeter u-bend brass tube and bell and a reed mouthpiece. The inventor and patent holder of the instrument was Frederick B. Hammam of Baltimore, Maryland, the US-patent dating from June 3rd, 1924.		The Saxie is a sax shaped instrument with a 62 centimeter u-bend brass tube and bell and a reed mouthpiece. The inventor and patent holder of the instrument was Frederick B. Hammam of Baltimore, Maryland, the US-patent dating from June 3rd, 1924.

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 <small>Saxie and Saxie engraving, coll.: Gerard Westerhof </small>
-The Saxie is a sax shaped instrument with a 62 centimeter u-bend brass tube and bell and a reed mouthpiece. The inventor and patent holder of the instrument was Frederick B. Hammam of Baltimore, Maryland, the US-patent dating from June 3rd, 1924. The Couesnon company in Paris must have quickly bought the patent rights as their name is on all the now known extant Saxies. Under the reference to the US patent is written Bte SGDG, an abbreviation of Breveté Sans Garantie du Gouvernement. SGDG was a French patent system, where the government didn't accept liability.
+The Couesnon company in Paris must have quickly bought the patent rights as their name is on all the now known extant Saxies. Under the reference to the US patent is written Bte SGDG, an abbreviation of Breveté Sans Garantie du Gouvernement. SGDG was a French patent system, where the government didn't accept liability.
 [[File:Cat couesnon saxie.jpg|thumb|center|<small>Couesnon pricelist 1930 source: Jean-Luc Matte</small>]]