I'd like to read that message from Benedikt.
The main reason I remembered about the "Typewriter" was because I'm putting together a photo gallery of all the Martin models....Interestingly, though, there was at least one other company that did the same thing. Helen showed me a pic awhile back...
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What puzzles me about such an instrument is that Hitler was specifically oriented against the saxophone, it being Nazi policy to ban the damn'd things as symbols of Western (i.e., Belgian) decadence. Mind you, Herman Goering's Luftwaffe was both a bit more "fashion forward" and independent than the other two services. I could see the young, "with it" pilots wanting a taste of the forbidden fruit of jazz as filtered through Luftwaffe-stamped saxes, at least the 1930's version of same as played by a hotel orchestra running through Johnny Warrington stocks.
The 'official' replacement for the saxophone, from what I have read over the years, was the 'cello. Imagine the front line of Benny Goodman's group, with two viola de gambas, two 'cellos and a double bass. How the hell would you be able to stand up for the last chorus during Sing, Sing, Sing (Part 1)?
The Horn: http://thesax.info/gallery3/index.php/CA-WunderlichThere was a German alto saxophone offered on eBay a while back. Stamped on the bell was the specific Luftwaffe eagle, different from the ones used by the Heers (Army) and Kriegsmarine (Navy) during the Nazi era. (All three of the services make up the Wehrmacht, although that term is commonly used to refer to the German army of the period.)
(The auction service pulled the thing from sales before anyone won the auction.)?
...What puzzles me about such an instrument is that Hitler was specifically oriented against the saxophone, it being Nazi policy to ban the damn'd things as symbols of Western (i.e., Belgian) decadence.
Sorry. I missed this.What about special fingering systems like the Leblanc Rationale? And that french sax with the almost sideways bell?
Yep.And then there's the rothphone...
Speaking of, the best examples would be of baritone saxophones:... bell-key design ...