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which extreme sax do you prefer? extreme top or bottom?
i prefer the BBb contrabass sax, that is heaven on earth! 17%  17%  [ 1 ]
i prefer the soprillo, that is divine! 50%  50%  [ 3 ]
i'd much prefer anything in between those two extremes! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
i'd rather have me a nice yummy icecream! 33%  33%  [ 2 ]
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14 Aug 2012, 1:06 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C8EkNeKJlo[/youtube]
my, that humongous thing is a MONSTER! and that little soprillo is a pipsqueak!
do you prefer the soprillo [top] saxophone, or the BBb contrabass [bottom] saxophone? i know which one i like.



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14 Aug 2012, 2:38 am

Well... you gave the option of a nice, yummy ice cream and no saxophone can compete with that! :lol:


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14 Aug 2012, 2:45 am

the bell of the soprillo is just the right size for an ice cream scoop. :idea:



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14 Aug 2012, 12:34 pm

I refuse to judge on either of them until I hear some Serious Peter Brotzmann style Squeal'n'Skronk improv Jazz from both of them.


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14 Aug 2012, 7:21 pm

The sound of the smaller one is better for music, but the big one is funny sounding.


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14 Aug 2012, 8:43 pm

i thought this was going to be about Borbetomagus:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6N8C6A6fcg[/youtube]


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14 Aug 2012, 9:05 pm

Gravechylde wrote:
The sound of the smaller one is better for music, but the big one is funny sounding.

ironic you should say "funny sounding" in that the ordinary bass saxophone that adolphe sax invented in the middle 1800s, was meant as direct orchestral competition to the bassoon, which was and is considered "the comedian of the orchestra."