Ok, thanx.
I knew all the nnames in swedish, but English... nope.
I think i'll save this for future referrence(in the paper-bin or some other
place where I know where it is ;-)

bankspad wrote:
> 
> 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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