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It’s not a surprising conclusion perhaps, but clearly we need to look at the development of saxophone features – from the addition of high F# and low A keys, as well as the movement of lower keys from left hand to right (through the period of ‘flappers’). We’ll Look At The Development Of Saxophone Features Undoubtedly there are lighter instruments available today, but our focus has been exclusively on vintage quality instruments. There are interesting differences among the different makes and models – the Selmer Mark VI baritone comes out over 2lbs heavier than the Evette and Scaheffer for instance, but this is more due to the wide difference in manufacturing date (1970 v 1915) and the extra features (such as the low A) on the later instrument than it is to Selmer’s higher spec requirements. We also looked at the average weight of saxophones by type among those we’ve reviewed, with our results shown in Figure 2. See Figure 1 for the development of alto weights over time. We’ll revisit this issue again once we’ve published a few more reviews. If we assume this is anomalously heavy, then there would be no weight drop in the 1950s. Our result for the 1940s is skewed by only having one representative – ‘The Martin’. We did discover differences over time which we put down to the continuous development of extra keys and features. Surprisingly we didn’t discover significant differences between brand, so perhaps the idea that good quality saxophones are heavier is refuted by our comparison. The average weight of the 14 altos (including mouthpiece) we’ve reviewed to date was 4lb 5oz (2.19 kg).
In general we believe our featured horns are representative of the major brands on sale from the 1920s onward. We looked at the weight of all of the saxophones we’re reviewed to date here at Saximus Maximus and thought we’d see how things have developed.
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