[Dixielandjazz] Sarrusophones

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Good Lord amighty Dave that looks like a Pocket tuba for a rather large 
gentleman with very large pockets :))


however :  Ophicleides, sounds like some sort of Greek Birth Control 
device that we have not heard of yet :))

Sorry John Pappas !   could Jim O 'Briant or somebody explain it and 
its possible usage if any :))

Just a dumb kid from the Ghetto who has never seen or heard on e that i 
know of anyway. :))


However I would add that what I heard esteemed colleague Pete Main Play 
last weekend, leads me to believe that I could easily come from behind 
drums and become a REAL musician with one or two lessons on the 
Sarusaphone How a fine reed man with such a reputation could emit such 
sounds from any instrument simply astounds me :))  Goodness and he is a 
Professional too, give great hopes to us wannabes huh ??   Now if I 
could only afford to buy one I could kick Kenny G's butt .   I can see 
it now the Sarusaphone is the new king of Smooth Jazz,  :))


Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: David Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
To: DJML Jazz <Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:04:31 -0800
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sarrusophones

    The website I mentioned the other day (at least I thought I did ) 
http://www.contrabass.com/pages/compendium.html also has all sorts of 
information on Ophicleides, Sarrusophones, Saxhorns and other oddities. 
One of the most recent inventions is the Tubax - the BBb Tubax plays an 
octave lover than the Bass Sax and is in current production! It looks a 
bit like a Sarrusophone as well. 
 
  However, I just saw a picture of the next tuba I really want: 
http://www.rugs-n-relics.com/brass-phil/tubas/Tornister-Tuba.html 
 A "Back Pack" tuba! 
 
 Dave Richoux 
 
 On Mar 23, 2006, at 3:26 PM, Tom Belmessieri wrote: 
 
  > Thanks for the info. Joe. Is this instrument similar to the > 
opheclide, an 1850 French instrument that uses a mouthpiece similar > 
to that of the trombone or baritone? They look similar except for > the 
mouthpiece. 
 > 
 > Tom B. 
 > 
 
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