Unveiled at the Thailand Millionaire Expo, an event held in honor of that country’s King Bhumipol, the world’s most expensive saxophone is a hard one to miss. It was created by Diamonds in Glass, an aptly-named workshop that specializes in combining diamonds and glass.
This silica sax is made of glass plated with 2.82 ounces of gold and adorned with ten 2-carat diamonds. The magnificent instrument was handmade, taking a total of sixty-five hours to create.
It was presented at the November 2007 event as a piece to be auctioned to benefit the Princess Pa Foundation. The most expensive saxophone in the world was estimated to be worth over $60,000.
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Does it play?
I would be afraid to play it! imagine if one of those diamonds fell off?! that is so crazy! who would pay $60,000 for a saxophone?
oh wow that is amazing! i would be terrible at playing it i have just started
i would be afraid to even take a picture of it
i´m saxophonist from argentina , i don´t thing that with those materials the sound of the saxophone will be nice , for me with those materials it will sound too hight
thats unbelievable, i play all the saxaphones, so i would know;) even thought my favorite is bari, that sax looks like a horrible play, even though the pic makes it look like the size of an alto, and the neck is curved like a tenor. the materials would make it sound ahrsh and raspy, along with it missing some of the alternative fingering’s keys. doesnt look like a playing horn, more like a “look at me, im so cool i have a douchey unplayable sax!” kind of sax.
It’s worth alot of money…. but with those matireals the sound woudn’t be nice enough for a band or solo for a concert…. if I could try it out and judge the sound of it, and if it sounds good…. I would definetly buy it…. but I think the glass wouldn’t give it the right vibrations… its nice for a museum though.
i would buy that if i was rich, it sounds beautiful(:
there are cutom made saxes out there that are easily twice that price
ive been playing sax for a while now and i love music, so when i saw this i almost peed myself. its beautiful and obviously very unique and i just cant help but want it! i now have something new to dream about.
I can’t just believe this is a real and playable saxophone