Talk:Daxophone

External links?

Anybody got an external link that actually has information on it? daxo.de is perhaps the greatest example ever of poor Macromedia Flash-based web design, and has less information than this wikipedia article as a reward. (It does have a lot of sound samples, which rock.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teucer (talk • contribs) 14:32, 22 April 2005

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File:Dax.jpg Nominated for Deletion

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Images

I have re-added the images created by MDaxo and moved the image of Reichel playing a daxophone to the "usage" section. MDaxo's image gives a much clearer impression of what a daxophone looks like than the Reichel image. While the lighting for the "soundbox" image is somewhat strange, it still gives a good indication of what that component looks like. The main "daxophone" image doesn't have any such issues; whether or not it's an amateur image, it's the best image of a daxophone we have and thus should be used as the primary means of visual identification (ie, the image in the infobox). Huon (talk) 21:49, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

MDaxo's daxophone is an amateur daxophone which deviates from the classical design in several notable ways. 1) the soundbox is attached to a basic camera tripod, rather than a designed soundbox constructed from scratch. 2) the dax is not fretted, which is a crucial part of the design. 3) the screw is made from plastic. These issues are clearly displayed in Hans' Daxinfo.pdf documented, which is referenced itself on the wikipedia page. I believe that this picture is problematic, because it gives a diluted perspective of that the instrument is. There are many clearer pictures of the daxophone as Hans Reichel designed it, it's just a matter of finding the correct one. Dfiction (talk) 22:06, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

I am aware that the daxophone in my image isn't exactly the same as the one designed by Hans Reichel. There are better images for the daxophone on Google Images and throughout the internet, but their copyright status must either be confirmed before use, or the creator of the images must give permission. Also, infobox images for instrument pages typically show a closeup of the instrument by itself; images of the instrument being played go in the usage section, or in this case with the inventor playing it, in the history section, just as the Saxophone page has Adolphe Sax in the history section, a military band saxophonist in the usage section, and only a saxophone in the infobox. MDaxo (talk) 22:19, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Dfiction, it sounds like your main concern is that the picture in the infobox varies slightly from the original design. However, it doesn't seem like it's not a daxophone (the obvious example of a similar design change would be electric violins - some of them look very different from the original violin design, but they are undoubtedly violins).

Until such time as a picture of an "original" or "official" version can be uploaded, this is certainly a worthy second choice. I do think it would be good to modify the caption so that it is clear this is a different design. Primefac (talk) 23:21, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

About Dfiction's concern of the lack of frets on the dax, I will be finished with the fretted dax very soon and then I can take a new picture. But it would be nice if someone with Hans Reichel's daxophone design could upload their own image, in order to solve this issue with lack of suitable images. MDaxo (talk) 23:57, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

However, a picture of an electric violin is not used as the main infobox picture on the violin wikipedia page. That would not be appropriate, and would be a distortion. It would be appropriate to have a new section in this page called "variations in design" or "alternate designs in which different models of daxophones can be discussed and described. This would provide the appropriate context for MDaxo's work, and would benefit the daxophone page by describing how others beside the instrument's inventor have developed and expanded the design since its invention in 1987.

In terms of providing a commons image of an official design, I can upload my own picture of a Reichel daxophone to solve this problem. Dfiction (talk) 19:26, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

@Dfiction: If you did upload your own Reichel daxophone image, that would be great. MDaxo (talk) 22:38, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Why is the term "blade" used instead of "tongue"?

I've never even heard "blade" except outside this wiki page and obvious derivatives on other wikis. I believe Hans Reichel always called them "tongues". "Blade" does not sound good to me, it implies a sharp metallic thing, which isn't something one would want to bow or pluck with a finger, generally. "Tongue" has been understood to mean a flat, long, thin object by everyone I've introduced the instrument to. Why the "blade" term? EDIT: I'm going to go ahead and change references to "blade" to "tongue", change it back if you object Chartrekhan (talk) 03:03, 15 December 2015 (UTC)