weird saxhorn pic -- any help from the tubnet?

[trop2000]

Hello gang,

A student clipped this out of a european magazine and gave it to me:

http://thomtrombone.googlepages.com/SaxHorn

Any French speakers out there? The horn is interesting -- might the lady be concealing a 5th valve w/ the left hand? Euphs on the silver screen -- how about that!?

[Chuck(G)]

It's R-rated:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344510/plotsummary

and released through Warner Bros:

http://wwws.warnerbros.fr/movies/unlongdimanche/

In English:

http://wip.warnerbros.com/avle/

and a Wiki on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_long_di ... 3%A7ailles

I can't say about the saxhorn, except that it appears to be a high-pitch instrument with an extension in the main slide to convert to low pitch.

[corbasse]

Hello gang,

A student clipped this out of a european magazine and gave it to me:

http://thomtrombone.googlepages.com/SaxHorn

Any French speakers out there? The horn is interesting -- might the lady be concealing a 5th valve w/ the left hand? Euphs on the silver screen -- how about that!?

I probably could read the text, if it weren't for the (too) low resolution of the scan

I can't say about the saxhorn, except that it appears to be a high-pitch instrument with an extension in the main slide to convert to low pitch.

To me it looks more like a repair where the silver plating has gone.

By the way, if you browse the (french Warner bros) site, you'll see and hear a single note played ...



And before we start again, Yes, the voice-over does say she plays tuba. Thats French for euphonium/TENOR tuba!

[red0radio0head]

That looks like Audrey Tautou...she's the girl from the Da Vinci Code and Amelié.

[DonShirer]

Saw the movie last year at our local art house. Not bad. The Euph excerpts were all sort of sad, keeping with the character's mood, I suppose.