Yep, the cork is called a "gasket", the buttons where your fingers go are
called "keys", the round things that cover the holes are called "pads", the
part that holds the reed is a mouthpiece, the metal clamp that holds the
reed to the mouthpiece is a "ligature", the "neck" is a seperate piece that
connects the mouthpiece to the "body" and some call the "body" a "torso",
the horn thingy is really the "bell", the thumb thingy is a "thumb rest" and
the whole package is referred to as a "horn".
There you go, a little saxual anatomy    ;-]

Ken wrote:

> Steve wrote:
> >
> > I used to play the Clarinet and am English, but don't know the
> > names of any of the parts that you mentioned either, and the
> > clarinet has those parts too.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Steve
> >
> > PS: Maybe that cork bit and the bit that rests on your thumb
> > don't have names.
>
>  I'm not sure what you guy's are refering to in regards to the "thumb"
> part but I suspect you are referring to the finger rests (trumpet talk}.
> Thumb rest for sax talk ? The cork is simply referred to as a gasket or
> mouth piece gasket. Other parts a finger or thumb might come in contact
> with are valve levers, valve buttons, and spit valve release levers.
> On the end of the sax it is referred to as the bell and not that horn
> shaped thingy at the end of that curvy part.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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