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From: Eric Mallow
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 15:15:01 -0400
Subject: Re: bamboo sax

DAVID_BARN~P-MountainView-om1.om.hp.com wrote:
>
> Item Subject: cc:Mail Text
> I read your Harp-L post about the bamboo sax, and it sounds
> intriguing. How big was the bamboo part? Same size as a sax, or more
> like a flute?
>
> If you have the guy's address, could you forward it to me?
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> David Barnes

David,

The body of the instrument is a hollow cylinder about 18 inches
long and 1 1/3 inches in diameter, with holes drilled in it like a
flute. It has a standard alto sax mouthpiece connected to the body
with a piece of copper tubing about 1/2 inch in diameter bent at
about a 15 degree angle. I will try to find the papers that came
with it; I know I have them, and they have the person's address who
made it. I bought it at a fair one day here in Philadelphia, where the
man had a stall with lots of his instruments. The tonal quality varied
quite a bit between instruments, and I picked out a good one. Going by
mail order would allow less choice in this regard.

Eric