Jay Coburn

But later on, manufacturers really took the saxophone to sort of almost comic

sizes and paul has collected like all of them he has this teeny tiny little guy that honestly looks like a toy but is actually a one-of-a-kind curved sopranino so that's higher than soprano and these are usually straight but the one paul has looks like a really intricate toy saxophone and here it is so

Like it looks, I mean, this is a respectable instrument and we should give it the degree of respect that it deserves.

You know, I believe that was a solo from a Gershwin piece actually.

Yeah, no, it's beautiful.

It sounded so good.

It's just delightful.

I love it so much.

OK, so at the other end of the spectrum, we have the biggest saxophone.

And this is the reason that the study door you can see behind me is actually closed right now.

I have two cats and this one freaks them out.

So this is the subcontrabass.

So that is the subcontrabass.

That is the lowest, largest type of saxophone.

It goes lower than the lowest end of a piano.

And it is huge.

Like this thing is being played on a stand because it's taller than Paul is.

And it's gorgeous though.

It's this beautiful black with brass key work.

And if you're in the room with it being played, or if you just want to crank your speakers, it kind of shakes your guts around and makes you reconsider what you had for lunch.