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... be too far off?

http://www.vibratosax.com/mainpage.html

Whatcha think, Goodgigs?

They've had that for awhile...Charlie Parker used to play one. Well, he played when it was not in the pawn shop, after being traded for money to buy smack...
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goodgigs wrote: I'm wondering what the pads are made of (?)

PE rubber

I listened to the sound clips and they sounded pretty decent. I have no idea how accurate the recordings are (or if they are enhanced in any way), but the sound seemed clear to me while a bit "dead." I would really like to hear one of these instruments live in comparison to a brass sax and compare resonance.

goodgigs wrote: Only a mechanical player could really tell the true story.

We need to teach this guy to play tuba.

I thought they were already here!
(OK, I guess this is really fibreglass.)
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For a little while, Chuck Dallenbach of the Canadian Brass had a custom Yamaha with a black carbon fiber bell. His artist page at Yamaha.com used to have a picture of it before they updated their site, but alas it is gone now... BUT here is a video of the CB with Chuck playing the fiber bell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-FH8SmvtM" target="_blank

And then, there is the clear tuba that has been the subject of several threads, including this one:
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