Larger changes in concert pitch though, would cause an intonation difference between the registers that would be too large to correct with the embouchure alone, specially with uptempo music. So, a saxophone designed for the standard 440Hz concert pitch, would still sound reasonable when using by example concert pitch 442Hz or 438Hz. Most saxophones stay reasonably in tune when the pitch difference is small, +/- 2Hz higher or lower then the concert pitch instrument was designed for. But we like to create the option for sax players to play in 432Hz when possible and desired. To add “new members” to the “saxophone-family”.ĪDDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAXOPHONE AND THE CHANGE OF CONCERT PITCH Instruments are often too much part of who we have become as artist and human being to set them aside. This “lobby” does not intend to replace the existing saxophones used. In order to be able to play in tune with Concert Pitch A4=432Hz without limiting it’s playability the sax needs to be “redesigned”. If one would only extend the instrument, the position of the tone-holes would no longer be correct and there for result in some tones being out of tune. The tone-holes have been placed in exact relationship with the length of the instrument and the change in diameter of the conical bore. Yes, a saxophonist can use his/her embouchure and use alternate fingering to make intonation changes, but the instrument itself should be overall in tune to start with.Ī saxophone can not be pitched by adding extensions (unlike instruments with a cylindrical bore like Flute or Clarinet). The Saxophone is an instrument with relatively limited tuning capabilities. The pitch of a saxophone can only be adjusted a little “mechanically” by pulling out or pushing in the mouthpiece. WHY A “LOBBY” FOR REDESIGNING A SAXOPHONE FOR CONCERT PITCH A4=432HZ? ► Skip the introduction about this lobby and read more about “ alternative solutions” for playing saxophone “in 432”. ► Read more about it in my blog article “ Borgani 432 Sax“. But In December 2014 – 3 years later – the 432Hz Sax was a fact, thanks to Enrico Marchioro and Borgani Saxophones. All companies I wrote e-mails and letters to did not seem to be interested. I started this 432Hz Saxophone Redesign Lobby in December 2011, without much success. reading time: 6 minutesOcto432HZ SAXOPHONE REDESIGN LOBBY
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