Editing Saxophone (section)

==Related instruments==

Inexpensive keyless folk versions of the saxophone made of [[bamboo]] (recalling a [[chalumeau]]) were developed in the 20th century by instrument makers in Hawaii, Jamaica, Thailand, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Argentina. The Hawaiian instrument, called a [[xaphoon]], was invented during the 1970s and is also marketed as a "bamboo sax", although its [[cylindrical bore]] more closely resembles that of a clarinet, and its lack of any keywork makes it more akin to a [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]]. Jamaica's best known exponent of a similar type of homemade bamboo "saxophone" was the [[mento]] musician and instrument maker '[[Sugar Belly]]' (William Walker).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mentomusic.com/sugar.htm|title=Mento Music: Sugar Belly |access-date=2007-05-07 }}</ref> In the [[Minahasa]] region of the Indonesian island of [[Sulawesi]], there exist entire bands made up of bamboo "saxophones"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.north-sulawesi.org/culture.html |title=Culture & Arts in North Sulawesi, Indonesia |access-date=2007-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402032309/http://www.north-sulawesi.org/culture.html |archive-date=2007-04-02 }}</ref> and "brass" instruments of various sizes. These instruments are imitations of European instruments, made using local materials. Similar instruments are produced in Thailand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indochinamusic.com/store/index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=1 |title=A bio-aesthetic offspring of single reed woodwinds-Dieter Clermont and his Thai partner Khanung Thuanthee build bamboo saxophones in North Thailand since the late 1980s |access-date=2008-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921165543/http://www.indochinamusic.com/store/index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=1 |archive-date=2008-09-21 }}</ref>

In Argentina, Ángel Sampedro del Río and Mariana García have produced bamboo saxophones of various sizes since 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unmundodebambu.com.ar/pruebai.htm|title=Un Mundo de Bambú|access-date=2007-05-07}}</ref> Many synthesizer [[wind controller]]s are played and fingered like a saxophone, such as the [[EWI (musical instrument)|Electronic Wind Instrument]] (EWI). A [[double reed]] instrument known as the [[rothphone]] and a brass instrument known as the [[jazzophone]] are both shaped similarly to an alto or tenor saxophone.