Name my instrument

[Chava]

I bought a sax for christmas. After feeling empty for not playing. It's an alto, and I love it to bits! However, some of my musical friends and I have decided it needs a name, and i can't help but want to name it (I think it might be a her, but lets give the male names a go shall we?) after a character in literature. So, fire away if you have any suggestions.
For example, my friend suggested Bennet, and though i liked it, i fear my saxophone needs a wilder name than that. I'm a big fan of improv, and so my music is very temperamental.
Thanks for your help, you creatures of infinite knowledge!

[LadyW]

-Heathcliff
-Turner (Robbie)
-Bobby Cratchit
-Mercutio
-Macduff

[Chava]

Oh Heathcliff! That's a good idea!

[Niamh]

how about maximus?

[1n50mn14]

Gwendolyn

[Dori]

Gimli :D
Bazarov
Lorenzo
Smeagol
V

I'm such a geek. :blush:

[Niamh]

Aria...

[Erichtho]

What about Pnin, since this character of Nabokov's world has - for him un- and for the reader fortunately :D - to deal with a life consisting of improvisation? He's not wild though, and maybe a female name would be more suitable for an alto sax.

[Chava]

I like the sound of Pnin... Any particular pronounciation? I should really get back to reading Nabokov.

[Pensive]

Jill.

[B-Mental]

I like the sound of Pnin... Any particular pronounciation? I should really get back to reading Nabokov.

Do you like the name Pinocchio? or Pnik or Pnin?

Holy Crud...I just looked at your photos of you and I didn't realise that I was thinking you were just so young and cute, and now this avatar...What a stunning beauty you are. I have a couple of favorite saxophone players. One of them is Sam Butera. He played with Louis Prima. I saw him Live in New Orleans at the House of Blues.... please watch this video and know that the saxist is Sammy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC-4dF2UFnI

[Scheherazade]

Is it only me who is always raising an eyebrow upon seeing the title of this thread?

;)

[Virgil]

Is it only me who is always raising an eyebrow upon seeing the title of this thread?

;)

:lol: I would have if it were a male writing the thread. ;) But somehow i associate Chava with lady like behavior so it didn't even cross my mind. I was going to suggest Chava name her sax "Bird" (after the great saxophonist's Charlie Parker, whose nickname was Bird) but now that Scher has dragged this into the gutter I think the connotation of 'Bird" might no longer be appropriate. ;)

[Granny5]

If I had an instrument, I'd name it Papa...don't know what I'd name a sax.

[B-Mental]

I have snowboards I call Bulletproof & "The" Battleship. My harmonicas all get a name too. Yeah, I keep them in a case shaped like a coffin. I call it the dictionary. LOL. Good Luck with the sax, and pardon the innuendo. Pete.

[Chava]

Is it only me who is always raising an eyebrow upon seeing the title of this thread?

;)

Quite unintentional, really. :)

Meanwhile, thanks for your suggestions guys. I'm still not sure.
My snowboards never got names. I think i'll stop naming all my possesions once I've dubbed the darling sax.

[Erichtho]

I like the sound of Pnin... Any particular pronounciation? I should really get back to reading Nabokov.

I pronounce it simply Pneen. And yes, reading Nabokov is always enriching. I recommend The Defense (generally I prefer the works he wrote in Russian).

[Scheherazade]

now that Scher has dragged this into the gutter*gasps*

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
~ Oscar Wilde

How about Oscar for a name, Chava?

[manolia]

Is it only me who is always raising an eyebrow upon seeing the title of this thread?

;)

No ;)

[B-Mental]

*gasps*

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
~ Oscar Wilde

How about Oscar for a name, Chava?

Scher, have you read the book Perfume, or seen the movie. The antihero is born in the gutter and dies in the gutter, but people thought of him as an angel.

[Rav Maji]

Ignatius
Fawkes
Pindar
Kwai Chang Caine
Kubla Khan
Major Molineux

I named my tenor sax "Buster".

[_JadeRain_]

Titania
Ophelia
Lysander
Balthasar
Hermia
Hippolyta
Reynaldo

[Chava]

Oh hey, thanks for that, Fawkes is ringing nicely with me! Perhaps it shall be so.

I have actually been casually referring to it as Oscar lately, but it has cost me some strange looks! :D