This book presents a novel method of grafting musical wind instruments by exchanging an
instrument's standard mouthpiece with different tone generators. Using the concrete example of
the soprano saxophone it describes how with six other tone generators including brass
double reed and free reed mechanisms the saxophone can be extended to nearly every wind
instrument category in the von Hornbostel and Sachs classification system. The book
demonstrates how it is possible to play these instrument variations with high proficiency and
describes the method of hyper-specialization including acoustical insights conservatory
training methods and the underlying philosophy. The latter is based on the cultural traditions
of the different wind instrument prototypes and the Deep Listening philosophy of cultivating
internal diversity and approach that leads to a new level of wind instrument virtuosity that
offers great timbral variety combined with the flexibility of a regular acoustic wind
instrument.
