Couesnophone
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The couesnophone, also known as the goofus or queenophone, is a free-reed musical instrument in a saxophone shape, patented by French instrument manufacturer Couesnon in 1924. Its reeds vibrate when the desired keys are activated and the player blows through a tube. "Best described as a mouth-blown accordion,"[1] "it sounded like a cross between a harmonica and an accordion."[2]
Construction
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Performers
The couesnophone was introduced into jazz and America by bass saxophonist and vibraphonist Adrian Rollini, though he is sometimes credited with its invention.[1] The term "goofus" might have been coined by jazz musicians such as Rollini,[4] or Ed Kirkeby,[5] because it is easier to pronounce.
Recordings with Rollini on goofus include The Little Ramblers' "Deep Elm";[6] The Goofus Five's "Everybody Love My Baby" and "Oh! How I Love My Darling";[7] the Varsity Eight's "How I Love That Girl", "Doo Wacka Doo", "Oh! Mabel", "Happy (Watchin' All the Clouds Roll By)", "Ain't My Baby Grand?", and "I Ain't Got Nobody to Love";[7] and Joe Venuti and the Eddie Lang Blue Five's "Raggin' the Scale".[7] Don Redman played the goofus on "You'll Never Get to Heaven With Those Eyes", "A New Kind of Man (With a New Kind of Love for Me)", and "Cold Mammas (Burn Me Up)".[8]
References
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- ↑ a b Rosenkrantz, Timme (2012). Harlem Jazz Adventures: A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969, p.52. Scarecrow. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Rollini, Arthur (1995). Thirty Years with the Big Bands, p.6. A&C Black. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ Wood, Ean (1996). Born to Swing, p. 39. Sanctuary. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Ed Kirkeby, Duncan P. Schiedt, Sinclair Traill (1975). Ain't Misbehaving: The Story Of Fats Waller, Da Capo. p.186. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Govenar, Alan B. and Brakefield, Jay F. (2013). Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas, p.262. Texas A&M University. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b c Stockdale, Robert (2008). The Dorsey Brothers: That's It!, p.1-3 and 193. Lulu.com. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Magee, Jeffrey (2005). The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz, p.61. Oxford University. Template:ISBN.
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Further reading
- Berindei, Mihai (1976). Jazz Dictionary, Scientific and Encyclopaedic Press, Bucharest, p. 110. Template:In lang
- Missin, P (2004). Couesnophone or "goofus"
- Rollini, Adrian (March, 1928). "The Goofus and How to Play It", Melody Maker.
- "liner notes of The Goofus Five 1926 to 1927 on Timeless Records", RedHotJazz.com.