Wooden Saxophones? - Amazing Thailand

The night bazaar in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, is a country-style, night time market place where Thai hill tribes and local creative people can set-up small outdoor stands nightly to sell their arts and handicrafts. Also found in this multi-ethnic setting are numerous Thai food stands and two outdoor stages that feature traditional Thai music, singers and dancers. While walking through this maze of stalls, I came across a Thai man who hand-makes wooden saxophones, to scale! Each of his instruments is a real work of art and they can actually be played just like a brass saxophone. His attention to detail is amazing and he has made an alto saxophone for the King of Thailand as well as for several other sax musicians. He also sells traditional Thai classical instruments in his shop. His hand made saxophones are one-of-a-kind and each is as unique as an artistic sculpture (and are quite expensive). For any professional saxophone player, to have a one-of-a-kind, hand made, wooden saxophone from Thailand, would be a musician/collector's dream. Pictured above is the artist as well as several of his saxophones (soprano, altos & tenors).

-Posted by bangkokblue