Unheard of Instruments in the Saxophone Family 

"It's in the key of F" *spits out drink*

I died when that dude busted out Iron Man on the mega sax

“This is the grand daddy of all saxophones” Subcontrabass sax: Am I a joke to you

1:21 watch the guy in the back. his emotions follow the pitch of the note

"PLAYS like a saxophone... SOUNDS like an English Horn... LOOKS like a haeckelphone" well that's definitely the top three traits on my list whenever I'm instrument shopping

It’s 3:30am and I have to get up at 6, I don’t even play the saxophone why am I doing this to myself

When the JROTC kids and band geeks decide to collaborate

The last guys: *I’m dying! My lungs are being torn into pieces* The sax guy: *HoW aBoUt A sCaLe?*

It's 3:40 AM and I'm watching a video of soldiers playing rare saxophones.

Where is the saxaboom

It’s so good to see the army having fun because their image is so strict and no nonsense mood.

Dude really owns a fretless saxophone.

5:56 Did he really do Iron Man? Greatest video of all time, sax iron Man. My life is complete.

That slide saxophone would be great for the opening of Rhapsody in Blue.

Soldier: You have 2 out of 25? Cohen: yeah... I used to have 3... BOI STOP FLEXIN

Him: I'm in the army Me: what did you do? Him: Saxophone Me: Thank you for your service

"Oh what did you do in the army?" "I played instruments."

Why are their 4 floating heads and 8 floating hands/boots

The contra bass is just frightening! The sax equivalent of the pipe organ at Royal Albert Hall - incredible!

As a trombone player, that slide sax was like a shot to the heart

9:30 how did you resist the urge to play Imperial March?

6:36 that is the cutest thing i've ever fucking seen

9:13 that sounded like a star wars lightsaber

"Hes from Germany" *soilders stressfully looking around "

I want to bring that big sax to class to troll everyone.

That tiny Saxophone was sooo cool!

"Tell me about this one." "That's a bong, sir."

5:40 it's so low I can actually feel my eardrums vibrating

When I was in high school, our concert band got a contrabass sax on loan from another school. We nicknamed it the room rattler.

As being a saxaphone player that truly is heaven for people like us

3:20 Why isn't the sax blurred out. It's naked

What strikes me about this video is that the saxophone, being a relatively new invention, has so many different evolutionary branches which, while they have died off, are still complete, playable fossils. How many variations of other, older instruments (violins, flutes, brass, keyboard) have gone by the wayside that we will never have the chance to see or hear? What a treasure! As an aside, I used to accompany Dr. Cohen's students while I was an undergrad accompanying major. He is an amazing teacher, and his students were incredible players. So great to see him in this video doing one of the things he does best: teaching us about an instrument so many of us know next to nothing about. Excellent video -- thanks!

He probably spent hours cleaning all the instruments they used.

I showed the slide saxophone to my friend (trombone player) and he flipped me off.

The Conn-O-Sax is absolutely beautiful!!! Wish they still made them.

5:57 it actually sounded like the scoreboard was playing iron man

The internet is a strange place, I don't even play an instrument and here I am watching a video with the US Army Field Band about strange variants of saxophones.

I NEED a tiny sax. (That slide sax sounds like a violin)

4:17 imagine if they used these instead of bugles.

It’s so cool to see where Brian Sacawa has gone with his career choice nowadays. Neat to look back at this video and see where he came from too.

I must admit, I am a guitarist, and I have absolutely no knowledge of any musical instrument family that isn't guitar, drum or keyboard related, but this video was still interesting to me to see the amount of difference that a single type of instrument can have within its family.

Kinda loved when he started playing Children's March at 5:49. Didn't expect him to start playing it. Recently played it in a concert and I love the tune

I remember the saxophone with no tone holes coming through the shop. We thought someone was making a couple of lamps. It would have messed up production because it would not fit in mounting fixtures would be difficult to buff (no where to hang on to it while buffing, difficult to prep and a nightmare to spray lacquer on it) but glad you like it. I also once buffed a bass sax for the U.S. Army. The bell was damaged and after 12 years sax finish repair experience they let the more experienced repairman fix the rim but I was the one who rebuffed it. I worked 47 years at he Bach plant, 33 years buff and repair sax, 14 years as senior repairman for Bach Strads, and all trombones. It was a good career and musicians bring the fruit of our labor for the world to enjoy!!!

I would have went up to a normal saxophone and said,” wow what is this?”

Seriously the most interesting video I've ever seen.

The pieces on the Tubax were Children's March by Percy Grainger and then Iron Man by Black Sabbath.

Nobody: Fat saxophone: *T H I C C*

When you struggle to play the lowest note on an alto

Big saxophone sound at 9:13

i lost it when he played iron man

Attilio Berni in Italy also has a huge collection of saxophones, all of which he can play really well. I think he set up a saxophone museum at Fiumicino near Rome. He can play his own subcontrabass monster sax very well.

"I've heard you've got quite a big one"

Why.... why is this in my recommended?! And WHY did I watch the ENTIRE episode?!?!

I remember wanting to audition for the army band, but I went as a medic instead. Boy do I regret not auditioning.

I remember watching this in band last year and I turned to my friend who played alto but now moved to Tenor and I said “That’s gonna be you when you grow up, that’s what you wanna be” and I’m telling you this guy is crazy about saxes. I play bassoon and I just got a Tenor to play for marching season so he’s coming over tomorrow to teach me a little bit more before I move on to Monday playing it in the lower band class i assist.

Did Sgt. Sacawa really just play Iron Man lol 6:00 Also, I’ve been fortunate to play some saxes in this collection - they’re so cool!

It's a real shame that conn-o-sax died out, because it sounds like heaven ...

It looks like you guys had quite a fun evening. Well done.

7:25 1900's otamotone.

I love seeing the huge instrument collections that people own it’s beautiful and amazing

rip lungs with that huge saxophone.

So in band I play bari and tenor sax and I'm always like *MINE IS BIGGER THAN YOURS* and then once I saw the contrabass saxophone I felt dead inside....

What a crazy mega sax! I can't believe how it must sound in a orchestra

These guys are amazing musicians, what a cool subject and what a great video.!

Honestly I don't play the saxophone I just found this video and I have to say I loved it.

6:33 "I'd like to show it to you, it's that one over there!" *Points* *Guys turn around* **See's like 7 saxophones and just picks them all up**

Dr Cohen’s knowledge and story-telling skills make this video hard to exit out of.

I always love listening to a walking talking encyclopedia of a subject like Dr. Cohen.

That one saxophone that sounds like an English horn (I didn't catch the name of it) is absolutely amazing! I love it! I wonder I wonder if they still make those, or if I could have one made.

Black Sabbath played on an instrument made of METAL! \m/ lol XD

"That proved impractical, even for the military." Lmao

Me:Ha!No instrument has a slide like trombone Slide Saxophone: *I'm gonna have to stop you there*

5:48 OMG! Children's March! I recognized that song immediately! My middle school's Wind Ensemble played it last year for Music Performance Assessment! It was really fun to play! Our saxophone players had a little trouble grasping the concept of 6/8 time, though.

mr cohen looks like an older jontron

I am a saxophone player my self so all the saxophones in this video is amazing.

As a saxophonist, this is gold!

The next to perfect sound for "Iron Man"

5:48 CHILDREN'S MARCH!!! I played that in band last year!!

This reinforces why I want to pick up the saxophone again. Revelry gets me every time I hear it. Can still hear the "wake up! Wake up!" From day one

I love the con-o-sax! It's got such a sweet, clear sound. Thanks for recording it in such good quality!

This is amazing, as a saxophone player myself.

Army guys in uniforms being totally saxophone nerdy. i like it.

When that guy struggled to play that contrabass sax, I felt that.

Outstanding, Gentlemen! The slide saxophone played sounds like a Theremin. That glissando was nice!

I lost it when he started bugeling on the keyless saxophone xD

Big respect from the UK guys, you guys are so talented and have a great crew.

I have watched this video so many times over the years and it's still fun every time

I think the saxophone is now my favourite instrument. So much range!

"I have a few instruments I collected over the years" *walks into room and sees more than 20 saxophones* "Wow!

“Gonna make my trombone friends jealous” Me a trombonist: 😑

I loved it! But i would love to see paul playing his collection as well!

I am a dermatologist with 30 years of experience, I watch all your videos and can't stop, thanks for the quality work.🎉

The conn-o-sax is absolutely beautiful! I wish I could hear more of it.

6:51 real question is what reed he's using that's small enough for that sax lol

I’m a retired US doctor, bassoonist and former saxophonist in high school. My college Wind Ensemble owned every key of sax from sopranino to contrabass (same with our clarinets, sopranino to Contrabass).Our beloved and kickass Director (MMus, U of Michigan), a stellar trombonist and bass trombonist, was fond of searching out instruments we didn’t own yet in interesting places including pawn shops where he found and bought our Bass Saxophone and Sarrusophone. He did virtually all the arrangements for our WE, often working until past 3 AM, and when he didn’t have the instrument(s) he needed for an arrangement, he went out looking for them and usually found them. The Army Field Band guys and Dr. Cohen made a fascinating video here which brought back beloved memories of my college WE Director/Music Professor. May you Rest In Peace, John. We’ll never forget you. Despite the great collection and music history lessons here, some commenters seem to only find pleasure and satisfaction not in the music, instruments or history, but in putting down the Army musicians because they were not killed in combat, missing limbs or at least playing saxophone at military functions wearing their Purple Hearts. Perhaps every male or (God forbid) female Army or other branch military musician should be required to be deployed in a combat zone for at least as long as it takes them to be verified 1) KIA, 2) losing a limb, 3) Purple Heart recipient or 4) witnessed by superior officers as participating in a specified # of bona fide firefights nearly losing their lives. If they were REAL Army soldiers, then they could audition to join the Army, Marine or other military bands but only after their combat was verified. I can only wonder why the Army and other military brass from the CO to the CJCS have let this go on for so long. Meanwhile, thanks to Dr. Cohen and the AFB saxophonists for their video - more wind music history to enjoy.

I don't know about y'all, but this video is recommended to me all the time..and I always watch the whole thing.

I don't know why but these guys seemed adorable

As a saxophonist. THIS IS AWESOME. I am only 12, but I love this. Its honestly just amazing

So cool! I like the sopranino, the Bari, and the slide, and the giant granddaddy of them all.

no matter how many times i watch this over the years, i always get blown away by the instruments