Brian Wittman
Encyclopedia
Brian Wittman is an American
musical instrument maker from Maui
, Hawaii
. He is the inventor of the xaphoon
(also known as Maui xaphoon or bamboo saxophone), which he developed during the 1970s.
Wittman is also a vocalist and instrumentalist, singing and playing saxophone
and steelpan
with Brian "Papa B." Wittman & the Cool Steel Band.
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This is Brian "Papa B." Wittmann showing how to make a Xaphoon
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musical instrument maker from Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. He is the inventor of the xaphoon
Xaphoon
The Xaphoon is a single-reed keyless woodwind instrument. Its construction is very similar to the chalumeau, a European keyless single-reed instrument that was the ancestor of the clarinet. The tone color produced by a Xaphoon is somewhere between that of a saxophone and a clarinet, and the...
(also known as Maui xaphoon or bamboo saxophone), which he developed during the 1970s.
Wittman is also a vocalist and instrumentalist, singing and playing saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
and steelpan
Steelpan
Steelpans is a musical instrument originating from The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago...
with Brian "Papa B." Wittman & the Cool Steel Band.
External links
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This is Brian "Papa B." Wittmann showing how to make a Xaphoon