A Glissando Saxophone?!

[@thejoemonica]

It’s a fretless saxophone

[@FenceThis]

fret no more

[@Jerfish1]

Lol perfect explanation

[@jerbear7952]

Fantastic

[@ryanriggs9963]

Lmao

[@BrunoGarciaMusic]

Genius joke

[@jamesaron1967]

This instrument will be a hit in India one day.

[@amj.composer]

Agreed

[@alexstucky]

That is such a clever idea. I dig it! I have a feeling a string player could pick that up surprisingly well.

[@ScratchySlide]

Or a trombone player....

[@RobinPalmerTV]

I love that there’s a “real instrument” that sounds a bit like a synth lead now.

[@JelMain]

Try the Roli keyboard.

[@ciro_costa]

Acoustic instrument, man. lol.

[@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup]

Before he played this, I thought it was electronic! But it is acoustic!

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

A synth is a real instrument you mindless heathen.

[@mitchelmelton6807]

@@ciro_costa or say like analog

[@chrisperyagh]

It needs a semi automatic 8ve mechanism (like most oboes have) so you can hold the lower touch down and nudge the upper one so the lower vent will close automatically when the upper vent opens as you can't have both 8ve vents open at the same time.

[@es330td]

I have played trombone for 40 years. My in-laws found an Albert system clarinet in the attic of a house they purchased and I tried to learn to play it. I liked making the clarinet sound but was not really interested in spending the time to learn fingerings. I think given my history this would be a great instrument to own.

[@yannsalmon2988]

One unexpected advantage is that it can be played by left or right handed performers all the same.

[@RikardPeterson]

So can a regular sax. (If you're thinking about switching the hand positions to play "left handed" that would still be a bad idea: Note the placement of the octave keys.)

[@X22GJP]

So can many instruments…

[@AndrewBarsky]

The disadvantage being that it sounds like a duck in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

[@sandorgordonlipcsei6718]

Hungarian inventor, hell yeah!

[@Pockeywn]

the way this fills me with so much joy like literally wtf

[@benjaminharris7091]

I'm a trombone guy, so naturally I have an opinion on the term "glissando" and a wind instrument. That said, I do love saxophones! I think this instrument sounds like a kinda out of tune sax and a bit like a kazoo, especially on the glissando part. Interesting idea!

[@JelMain]

Trombonists have little difficulty switching to the theramin.

[@crankjazz]

Does a Sax ever sound in "tune"?

[@JelMain]

@@crankjazz Go listen to Tuba Skinny

[@chuckocheret4115]

I used to have a playette, which was good fun. Used a coil for pitch control.

[@jackandblaze5956]

Pretty much sounds like the time i put a sax mouthpiece on my trombone

[@jackblick487]

Big kazoo BIG KAZOOO BIG KAZOZOZOZOZOOOOOO

[@xymaryai8283]

YES AHAHAHA the professional player makes it sound much better, but i think this needs to be an Alto, Tenor, or Baritone instrument, soprano is too high

[@ishaisadventures1196]

Imagine the Middle eastern music this could make hebrew and arabic macams and scales would be sick on this

[@QGDeclined]

Is it just me or does this thing sound like it has a fairly narrow timbre? Would love to see spectrum analysis versus other woodwinds.

[@willisbarth]

Interesting potential.

[@markfdesimone]

This may have been invented by Bart Hopkin. On his website you can see his 'moe' instruments use the same exact principal.

[@pointguard_5]

Wow, I haven't even watched but this video already looks interesting 😂

[@igorjee]

Perfect for Indian Classical Music.

[@AnotherGenericChannel]

Sounds like a Kazoo pushed to its absolute limits crossed with a saxophone.

[@SoraiaLMotta]

Very curious indeed

[@brucealanwilson4121]

Back in the 1920s they made a slide sax, with a slide like a penny whistle.

[@Bob94390]

I think Jim tries to explain this in the video.

[@DandyT1990]

This looks amazing, I like anything a bit more unusual and would love to own one It's just trying to justify the cost 😅

[@Qkano]

I kept expecting a snake to rise from a basket ...

[@shoop8373]

is that an acoustic otomotone?

[@stephenweigel]

Looks like the Infinitone

[@saxkid6206]

honestly, 1,800 EUR is not that bad, especially for something as creative and unique as this

[@edhornby4885]

A swannee saxophone 😁

[@jeremydoody]

I wanna hear Maceo Parker play this

[@kilolab4043]

It's a professional, otamatone lol

[@OvedDexrta]

For some reason i cant tell the difference between a alto and a tenor😢

[@christopotgieter4197]

This is a kazoo that went to university

[@jimm.s.4131]

LOL!!!

[@tctc2470]

I think I prefer the sound of a kazoo

[@alippotss_5192]

Harganya berapaan yahh

[@agrigorulez]

Finger positions violin alike

[@DynamixWarePro]

I saw a video once of a slide soprano saxophone with two octave keys from the 1920s which had a leather strap with holes in the strap where the notes are and a long hole similar to that Glissando and you play it the same way. The twanging sound had me taken aback a bit. Love the effects you can get from that instrument.

[@indyfan9845]

Is it this video? Around 7:30? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl7FZ3xnns2baNUsi=7omHk1YhkvopL_Tm

[@saxworldwide]

That sounds interesting. I'd be interested to see that. Yes, the effects with the Glissotar are something else.

[@arthurhu1587]

@@saxworldwide There are two vintage saxophones capable of glissandi in the video of Paul Cohen's sax on the US Army Field Band channel. One has a slide similar to a trombone, and the other has a slit and leather strip just like the Glissotar.

[@joshualord530]

Need to see king gizzard (and the lizard wizard) use the Glissotar

[@lukejohnston5566]

King Glizzard

[@maxalaintwo3578]

@@lukejohnston5566king glizzy

[@agorgedslug]

I imagine a string player would have an advantage in intonation.

[@kgamaseg]

It's like the fretless bass version of a soprano saxophone. This will be great for film scores!

[@rikospostmodernlife]

I kinda want to hear Herald of the Change played on it

[@johnmc3862]

It sounds cheap.😂

[@ronhowe5933]

It's a theramin for wind players! Fantastic and inovative.

[@NicolasConnault]

Not quite, the theremin doesn't provide any tactile feedback, so developing muscle memory associated with correct tone is much more difficult. This is closer to a fretless guitar with a single string, so it wouldn't quite take that long to learn to play in tune.

[@qwertye334]

@@NicolasConnaultone could also say that its like a trombone slide but adapted for saxophone

[@Bearlock1215]

Trombone players: “see what they need just to match a fraction of our power”

[@microtonalguitar]

Amazing design! I would love to see how Turkish makam music will be played on it. Congrats!

[@blizard_blizz9487]

Overpriced Otamatone

[@nekokna]

Exaclty this!

[@scene247]

Overpriced is always the most common feature 🙄

[@rabbithowls71]

Otomatone Pro.😂

[@witext]

It’s so cool to see a new instrument that feels genuine & unique. Like it doesn’t feel like it was created just for the sake of creating it, there is like an actual use for it

[@Frownlandia]

I remember hearing about this through Bart Hopkin, who independently invented the design, but he's more about building wind instruments out of common materials like pvc and balloons, more of a DIY approach. Nobody was litigious because they recognized they were doing different things with the concept.

[@oceanusprocellarum6853]

YEAH, I remember Bart Hopkin's version. It's cool that someone actually made a proper production-line version of this. I was astounded that such an ingenious method of pitch control hadn't been popularized yet. Nice to know there's no bad blood between the two inventors.

[@tonytramonti5828]

Amazing,not only does it sound like a snake charmers dream come true,you also have the added benefit of using the belt to hold your trousers up if they fall down on stage.

[@britchin]

ha ha

[@JelMain]

If played correctly, your trouser snake should suffice.

[@DPSAX95]

I want to see a classical saxophonist play it and see how that beautiful pure sound of it is!

[@АндрейЮрич-ж8ц]

не увидишь,это игрушка для ретардов,как автор видоса

[@anidiot4702]

5:33 the creator of the instrument actually plays it in the video lol.

[@anidiot4702]

@@АндрейЮрич-ж8ц Я считаю, что это самый элитарный комментарий, который я когда-либо читал.

[@DPSAX95]

@@anidiot4702the purity of sound is a main characteristic of classical players. I have the most admiration for diverse sounds but I would be interested to see it an a slightly different execution as what I hear in this video is done with a jazz embouchure. Your hate is totally speculative.

[@bassax7045]

snake and basket included ?

[@Billygoatbuff]

The weird thing is once you start playing they automatically appear out of nowhere

[@shaunfernando5349]

😂 comes with the package

[@AllenBarclayAllen]

Ha ...! 8:40

[@cloudandangel]

Bravo, Daniel Vaczi! Beautiful Instrument! So proud of you! :) Mate Palhegyi

[@glissonic6830]

Köszönöm, Máté!

[@ritamerrill3227]

It reminds me of those Otamatone toys.

[@arandomguy451]

I was just about to say that

[@ValirAmaril]

bloody 'ell, i came up with exactly this when i was twelve, and everyone told me it was a rubbish idea.

[@MattNolanCustom]

you had the 1% inspiration. Shame you didn't follow through with the 99% perspiration part.

[@ruby71997]

Never believe your peers unless they have empirical and peer-reviewed evidence 🎉

[@kitsuneneko2567]

​@@ruby71997 And even then...

[@Slasha00]

@@MattNolanCustom the 1% is worth much, much MUCH more than the 99%. the ideas guy should get all the credit, those who create it for them less so. This is obvious.

[@MattNolanCustom]

​@@Slasha00seemingly our inventor didn't value their 1% enough to do anything about it though

[@s90210h]

This isn't a new concept, I have book by Bart Hopkin from 1996 on instrument design that features this design on page 80. Very nice to see such a high quality build!

[@LouKellyMusic]

I was actively looking through the comments to see if anyone mentioned Bart Hopkin. Glad to see you bring him up here. Years ago, I remember seeing a video of him demonstrating a sort of clarinet equivalent (the “Moe”, I think he called it?) and I always wanted one from that day forward.

[@Dabaka93]

Hi, Hungarian here :) Small correction for the description. It's spelled "tárogató" :) Also when you pronounce it, the stress is on the first syllable. Great video!

[@Bob94390]

When you move your hands up and down the instrument, you also have to change the distance between the fingers if the intention is to continue playing in chromatic steps.

[@saxworldwide]

That's absolutely correct. I didn't explain this in the video, but I found this to be the case when I was experimenting. When I listen back to my first chromatic clip - A to G# I realise that the interval I'm playing is too wide! Jim

[@onlinetheory5115]

Not technically a new instrument, I believe it was Selmer who released a similar concept of saxophone in the early 1900’s. The army saxophone guys did a video with a guy who owned one in his collection.

[@Bob94390]

With a bendable, magnetic belt?

[@onlinetheory5115]

@@Bob94390 the technology may be different, but the concept was the same; that is, it was a soprano saxophone-like shape, with a belt of leather used to adjust the pitch. Essentially it was one of the first perfect (in the sense of playing between the twelve western pitches) saxophone constructed. The link to the video is listed below: start at 7:18 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl7FZ3xnns2baNU *Edit, it was a King Saxophone, not Selmer

[@JelMain]

@@onlinetheory5115 Probably a fartofone. I used to keep a human flatulist on the team, 800 years ago. Look up Roland the Farter - actually, don't, you'll regret the experience. Me? Last heard of licenced by the Magistrates of the fair City of Chester to bash me nakers lewdly in public without let or hindrance of the Police for the following year. Drummers...

[@onlinetheory5115]

@@JelMainBro, what 😂

[@Ficktao]

I like the concept very much. To my surprise I don't like the sound of the glissando's much.

[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

Question, are microtones possible to strike exactly (such as quarter-tones) or does the magnets always adjust to equal-temperament?

[@MattNolanCustom]

it seems pretty clear to me that there is no "snap to" pitch going on with this. So sure, with skill and practice, you can hit any microtone you like

[@saxworldwide]

Correct@@MattNolanCustom

[@smalin]

I was expecting you to demonstrate violin-style vibrato. Is that possible?

[@Bob94390]

I was waiting for the same. From a physics perspective, I think it should be possible. The belt seems to be sufficiently flexible and under sufficient tension to be able to follow a shaking hand. Jim seems to be a good saxophone player and therefore used to making vibrato in saxophonic ways, so I guess it didn't feel natural for him to use hand vibrato.

[@smalin]

@@Bob94390 Right, I thought that. However, I would expect finger vibrato to sound different than breath/embouchure vibrato, so I was curious. Also, violin-style portamento (slide transitioning to leap with a different finger) seems like a possibility.

[@ErickvdK]

Definitely duduk sounding!😊

[@jacobstevens6286]

I’ve actually seen something like this in a video from The United States Army Field Band KZbin channel in a video called “Unheard of instruments in the saxophone family”. Great video showcasing some amazing instruments. At about 7:12 in the video they show off a slide saxophone from the 1920’s that has a leather strap and a slit!

[@Clarineat]

Of course he goes straight for the embouchure vibrato out of habit. If only there was some other way.... LOL

[@jessecerasus9621]

I can imagine 7\8 freejazz in a bar with this instrument and leaving the place immediately.

[@ThevenimX]

You should try vibrato in a similar fashion that other string instruments by rolling your finger across the equivalent fretboard

[@imabeapirate]

1) cool invention. Not every day a new instrument is showcased. 2) not a sax. Being made of wood or plastic, not metal, this would be in the clarinet family.

[@marcgiguere1883]

Bart Hopkin invented this instrument and put evidence of it online 10 years before Daniel Vaczi stole the design and used it to falsely win a Guthman prize. This is why Vaczi was not able to patent it.

[@FranckWolf]

Very impressive! A new reed instrument! And this woody sound, this innovative "mechanism", these new sounds... I can't wait to hear how far musicians and composers will go to explore this new instrument! ❤️🎶🎵🎷

[@saxworldwide]

Thank you Franck - I agree.

[@IamN0-1]

Looks and sounds like a Gucci version of those smiley face squeeze things that you get a barns&noble

[@ThumpingThromnambular]

If you put the equivalent of fret markers as they are on a fretless guitar, I'd be very interested

[@morbidmanmusic]

that will be gone soon. The world needs less things that make woodwinds sound like a beginner and out of tune.

[@MegYork]

Great for Hindustani or Maqaam music! Thanks for posting

[@saxworldwide]

You're welcome

[@SepiaOfficinalis-up5rl]

Exactly what I thought when I saw it. I was considering getting an oud despite being hopeless on strings but now I'm so happy there's a fretless woodwind

[@JelMain]

I'd be a bit concerned about the responsivity on fast runs. I'm one of the pathfinders on the low whistle, which has such large finger openings it's a doddle to gliss, extending half-stop technique, so I'm not that persuaded about the actual benefits of this - you need to get to a standard equivalent to the Roli keyboards. Another concern is the octave steps on the rear levers, as any inaccuracy in complete closure/opening is going to cause some really odd squeaks. All probably masterable with practice, I'd simply like to hear it in jazz performance to be persuaded.

[@saxworldwide]

As for the octave key point you make, I didn't find this an issue, in the same way that it is, for example, on an EWI where you can be open to all sorts of unwanted squeaks if you don't get it right. With this, it plays more like a sax - the octave keys just assist you - most of the pitch work is done with the air pressure, embouchure and through hearing the note prior to playing it.

[@stevehoog914]

Slide Saxophones aren't new they were around in the 1920s.

[@quintonashbeck2097]

Is it a reed trombone then?

[@marcbrasse747]

Sounds great. Reminds me of the duduk. Will be difficult to master though.

[@williamcody5271]

I myself would consider it a Clarinet derivative.

[@johnauditt]

Sounds very Japanese to me

[@SqurtieMan]

It sounds more Turkish to me, really cool that it can be both at the same time

[@wouterdesmedt1736]

It reminds me of Chinese opera.

[@jazzrat2000]

my experience with sax players tells me that we need a sax that won't let you do this. One of my old teachers said scooping is for ice cream.

[@bobkinschuypers9911]

what he hell are you talking about?

[@haveaniceface7290]

As a fretless bass player this would drive me nuts

[@CSProduction12]

This would be a good cross over for a string player to get into winds. Is it possible to mark the glissando for intonation? Or does the glissando stretch over time and need to be tightened?

[@pillmuncher67]

Intonation on a "fretless" instrument is a life task.

[@myuzu_]

I get that price affects the perception of quality, but $2000 for a slotted cone and long vinyl fridge magnet seems excessive.

[@saxplayingcompnerd]

It just sounds like you stuffed a pillow into a saxophone.

[@Zalazaar]

Sounds like a deflating saxophone

[@bennyfifeaudio]

The new Trombone of the woodwind family. Sounds very ethnic.

[@tkannen]

Like our saxophones ain’t challenging enough.

[@Kwokwokwokwokwokwok]

I recently just got one and got a soprano saxophone mouthpiece...but it does seem to fit all the way down like all of the advertised pictures. I'm worried about forcing it too much, could you advise on the sizing?

[@tony.worswick]

Ew that's horrible, no thanks.

[@time_for_fast]

the trombone players have left the chat

[@NémethTeó]

Magyar szaxofonos vagyok!

[@MiloSantosuosso-sq7zn]

Waiting for an orchestra to use this and do rhapsody in blue

[@bytesandbikes]

A fridge magnet violin saxophone? Awesome! 😊

[@danielperroni3884]

Fantastic innovation..! Very very interesting...! Watching from São Paulo, Brazil..!

[@creamwobbly]

Violinists spend decades achieving perfect intonation. Meanwhile, metal guitarist getting his hands on a fretless plank: *_BOING-OING-ING-NG!!!!_* Yes, I recycled this comment. I can't be bothered tailoring it to the incarnation of Tiger off Kipper the Dog.

[@kennyadvocat]

Looks very similar to the King slide sax. Those had some indentations to find notes and an octave key kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl7FZ3xnns2baNU

[@lorenzobiondi5727]

So it's 1) simpler to build than a traditional saxophone 2) more intuitive to play because the notes are placed on a linear scale 3) does all a sax does and even more Technically, it could take over normal saxophones, but it's gonna die because nobody will spend 1500€ on a gimmick made of pvc. If they invested much more on the production quantity of the pvc version, lowering the price (to less then a third of what it costs now), people would actually buy it to try out, and give it a bit of circulation and a chance to establish.

[@certifiedbandnerd756]

there was actually one kinda like this made in the early to mid 1900s if you find the U.S army field band video where the saxophonist try some rare and different saxes you will see it there (Heres the video go to 7:19 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pl7FZ3xnns2baNU&pp=ygUcdXMgYXJteSBmaWVsZCBiYW5kIHNheG9waG9uZQ%3D%3D)

[@TrateMusic]

That's super interesting, it's cool to see a new approach to instrument design. I love that purple heart tone!

[@DeAnnaG_KissingFrogsMedia]

Hmmm...not my jam right out of the gate. Theramin for a snake charmer? But is cool that it is a bit of a "new" instrument, it will be interesting to see where this goes.

[@hoshinotanecedryctensaibat9711]

Ordered mine last year, arriving next week!

[@nightcrocgreen1918]

From where and how much?

[@amineboucetta6569]

Its not new... what are you talking about.... Check out the US army about strange saxophone I hope you could remove the statement that is new, I have personally made several and this video is a joke in my circle