Right Handed Saxophone

[CMS]

Hey everone, check out this great saxophone. It's a right hand only actuated saxophone engineered and built by my brother for my former instructor.

Enjoy!
CMS

http://www.unk.edu/departments/music/onehandsax.pdf

[sax rookie]

Ah, so what.

Love,
Lefty.

Actually that is quite amazing. Great work

[sskilton]

That is a really ingenious piece of work. Thanks for sharing it CMS.

8)

[stitch]

That is one fine piece of engineering. Hats off to all involved.

[hornstar]

I want a lefty and a righty!

[HC]

I'm sure if it becomes mass-produced, many people who can't play the saxophone because they only have one arm would get back into playing it again.

[DougR]

Well done that man. quite a feat.
Here is a link to another one.
http://www.cybersax.com/One-HandFmez.html

[Pete]

It's machined beautifully. Thanks for the PDF!

There have been, however, a number of one-handed instruments produced over the years, as demonstrated by the F mezzo-soprano, above and the one-handed tenor pictured in Lindemeyer's Celebrating the Saxophone.

Was this horn created more as a "proof of concept" instrument (i.e. a vehicle to test out new keywork design) or was it created because another one-handed instrument couldn't be found?

I'd like to hear some MP3's!

[francois]

Congratulate your brother. This is a superb sax and a very commandable project. I wish him success.

[sax_appeal]

I'd love to read some reviews of this sax, and some mp3s would also be good.

[HC]

What saxophone was used for the extensive keywork modification? Or is even the saxophone custom made?

[vick]

It says thanks to Yamaha at the bottom of the PDF so I would assume it's a Yamaha sax body with some Yamaha equipment.

[CMS]

This prototype was made from a mid 70's Bundy. However, a revised version crafted from a Yamaha YAS 875 was produced sometime after the first right hander. The best feature of both saxes is the three-way toggle key system. This system is completely new and innovative making the full range of the horn possible (low Bb to high F#). Some of the other features are revised and streamlined from already exisiting ideas.

All of the work on the horn has been done by HAND without CNC machines by Jeff Stelling at Stelling Brass and Winds. The horn is acoustically the same as a two-handed horn since the body tube is not altered. No mp3's, sorry. Hope this answers some questions.

CMS

[saxophrenic]

CMS,
Thanks so much for the article. Your brother never mentioned this to me before. He is very modest.
He's my sax tech and I think he is great. He has done wonders for me on a couple of very cranky horns. I look forward to continuing my association with him.
I knew Jeff was good, but I didn't know HOW GOOD until I saw this article.

Thanks again.
:D :D

[SaxPlayer1004]

if it came in lefty thatd be even better. if any of you have heard of cosmo valente, you may or may not know that he is paralysed in his right hand. if that sax was lefty and he got one you would see one of the happiest men on the planet. hes been out of playing for years but still conducts and runs big bands.

[paulwl]

Wow...Quite the engineering feat. I got a brief look at it at WSC but had no inkling how it might work.

How lucky that the prof and tech both were in the same community...in Nebraska you might have to drive hours. Good for the state Vo-Ed dep't too in helping fund this.

[Steve P]

hey all,
This sax is a fine piece of work. I had the opporunity to see and hold it at WSC last summer. I heard the lecture given by both the inventor, and the teacher who uses it. The man who uses it was truely an amazing person. At the end of the lecture, he and my teacher, Dr. Rousseau, played a duet. Ill tell ya, the one handed sax sounded great! Not different from a 'normal' horn at all.

Steve P