Stritch (saxophone)
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Stritch is the name that Rahsaan Roland Kirk gave to the customized Buescher Straight Alto that he played. This horn had custom keywork to allow Kirk to play the horn with one hand.
[edit] References
- http://www.woodwindforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3426
- The Oxford Companion to Jazz, edited by Bill Kirchner Oxford Press (2000), p. 601
- The Saxophone Journal, "Vintage Saxophones Revisited" Column, by Paul Cohen (Fall, 1985)
- The Saxophone Journal, "Vintage Saxophones Revisited" Column, by Paul Cohen (Volume 18, 1993)
- Pete Hales, personal reference. See http://saxpics.com/buescher/truetone/straight-altonsoprano.htm.
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