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Thanks for your kind words. I also have a professional saxophone quartet (New Hudson Saxophone Quartet) that has a similar group tone quality. Check out the "American Muse" and "New York Rising" (www.ravellorecords.com/artists/paul-cohen/) in addition to "Breathing Lessons" on Naxos.

Thank you for the kind words. The fluency of the baritone playing that you enjoy is a combination of my lyrical approach to the instrument (except for my R&B gigs) and the mouthpiece/horn combination. You would hear the same unblocked fluency on my modern classical bari mouthpiece (Caravan or Mana - both open chamber) and my modern baris, either my Mark VI or new Yanig. The tone would be a little different with the new materials, but everything else would be the same. I may make a RUclips video of playing the baritone in a similar way with modern mouthpiece and horn as a comparison.

Thanks for your provocative question. Most will not appreciate my answer. The mouthpiece is more than 85-90% responsible of the tone of the instrument, compared to the bore of this 1860s sax with more modern baritones. Now, before the mouthpiece and instrumental dimensions can have their effect, the tonal concept of the player, plus a true understanding of tone production that is independent of the materials used, has to come first and be clearly established. Then the mouthpiece and horn can have a truer sound to their original intent. So, as an example, if I were to play the original mouthpiece on one of my wonderful modern baris (Mark VI, Yanagisawa, etc) you would hear much the same sound as on the 1860s Adolphe Sax. To be clear; not identical, and the difference would be apparent to the discriminating listener, but far closer than most saxophonists would expect.

The original commissioner of the Kyhlbass was Christian Kyhl a jazz saxophonist from Denmark! Jazz lives on through his recordings.!

It depends to what instruments.

One of the highest compliments! Thank you!

Here is a link to the CD that features the Connosax and Organ. www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr8107/

Yes, this is a saxophone made by the Adolphe Sax company while Adolphe Sax was still in charge and running the company.

It does look that way, doesn’t it? But these were the top professional instruments of their time, played by pros who were aware of the tonal expectations of their time for orchestra and wind playing. Not knowing the limitations compared to future models, they could play the instruments to their full, and beautiful, potential.

The music is a Bach influenced tune that I half-wrote and half improvised for this demo. The full "tune" is written out and is a little more extensive, as I use it for play testing saxophones. The tune encompasses the full range of the instrument in a way to test out its tone, response and tuning.

Tbh i like modern baritone sax But considering this was 1860 this had to be a great achievement in music I play saxaphone too

The sound I am producing is indeed much like an 1800s baritone was designed to sound! Having the oriignal instrument and the original mouthpiece, plus an orchestral orientation to saxophone playing allows for this tone to be expressed. Modern baritones can come close and can be beautiful sounding, but does need an appropriate mouthpiece and tonal orientation.

This is a high compliment! Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed the duet. This particular contrabass sax is the Eb Tubax of Eppelsheim. It is a different type of contra. You can see pictures starting at 46 seconds.

Thanks for your kind words. Yes, when the original mouthpiece is coupled with the original bore, all saxophones can sing as elegantly as a cello or other string instrument. Today we have modern mouthpieces with similar designs adapted for more modern instruments, capable of achieving similar results.

I think it would be possible, since all the design elements and the prototype are still in the studio. It is worth contacting the company and asking!

@@paulcohen2556 Thank you Mr. Cohen! I aspire to have a saxophone collection just like yours. I already have one rare saxophone that being my Buscher C-Melody.

@@cantab1238 You are off to a good start. There are many rare instruments still to be found!

Thanks James. Yes it is a remarkable instrument by design and tone quality. I plan on posting more videos soon.

Many thanks for such kind words. Soon I will post some videos of an SATB saxophone quartet, with original mourhpieces, so you can hear this kind of sounding and playing with the entire family.

Glad you enjoy the unique sound of the Conn-o-Sax. Check out my recent CD, "Of Light and Solace", where I am playing a lot of music for Conn-o-sax and organ! www.ravellorecords.com/catalog/rr8107/#notes

The key of this baritone is Eb, and the tuning is workable with modern pitch. Soon I will be posting performances of original 19th century sax quartets played on all four of my Adolphe Sax saxes.

@@paulcohen2556 I think at the time of Sax,the baritone isn’t in the key of F,just like the original score from sinfonia domestica

@@AlexanderShiu Not exactly. The original saxes were mostly in Eb and Bb, as they were used in all of the French Military bands at the time. So, my baritone is in Eb. Also, the Strauss "Sinfonia Domestica" is from 1904. The saxophone was created in the 1840s with many pieces written at the time for Eb baritone.

@@paulcohen2556 thanks for explaining

Thanks for the kind words about our performance. When you hear the entire work, the remaining 4 minutes, you will find it's haunting lyricism has a more fulfilling scope and direction. You'll be able to hear the entire work in a few months!

Thanks for the kind words. The studio recording will be released early next year with other chamber works with saxophone!

You will be amazed at how closely related your bari sax and mouthpiece is to my Adolphe Sax bari and mouthpiece.

@@paulcohen2556 Thanks for your reply! I'm not super surprised, because over the years on SoTW I've read that some folks consider the Buescher TT to be closest to Sax's design (which is why Rascher used them in his quartet). My TT definitely has a different sound than the Yamaha 61 I played a few decades ago, even with the same Selmer E mouthpiece. As for the Henton, if you search on SoTW I posted about it way back in 2006.