A hybrid saxophone is a combination of an acoustic saxophone and an electronic
system, and the electronic system includes key sensors for monitoring the keys
and a tonguing sensor for detecting the position of the tongue together with a
breath sensor and a lip sensor, and the pieces of playing data are brought to an
electronic tone generator for producing electric tones; the mouthpiece of the acoustic
saxophone is replaced with another mouthpiece, which does not supply the breath
to the reed, and a rotary type air-flow regulator is provided in the mouthpiece
so that the player feels the blowing same as that in the acoustic saxophone.