Miscellaneous Are you older than your main instrument?

[Ghr9204]

My early 1950's Beaugnier VIto low Bb bari sax is a tad younger, but not by much. The rest including my clarinets, I'm the older. Never gave it much thought, really.

 

[Tenor Viol]

Another Spanish instrument is the tenora, a conical double reed instrument played around Barcelona. There is a thesis that says single reed versions exist, but I have never seen proof of that.

My main instrument is a Hohner President tenor of around the same age and now I am working on four sopranos from 40 to 80 years old.

Sounds like the tenora is related to the shawm, which is a raucous double reed instrument in several sizes - at least SAT not sure about B. Loosely the ancestor of the oboe. They are LOUD and designed for leading outdoor processions.

 

[Jonesy]

My main sax is a King Super 20 tenor from 1949.
I'm from 1952, same as my Conn 10M, I also have a Conn New Wonder II which is about 1922.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Mine is in the image of the forum header, 1930s 10m. No Im not that old!

 

[BalancedReaction]

Mine is in the image of the forum header, 1930s 10m. No Im not that old!

Very nice. I often wondered whose instrument that is or if it's just a stock image.

 

[LostCircuits]

Sometimes I am, sometimes I am not. What am I?

What has 2 legs, 2 wings and is black?
What has 4 legs, 4 wings and is black?
What has 3 legs and is black?

 

[dexdex]

The horns in my signature span from 1976 (Selmer MkVII) to 2004 (Selmer Reference 36). I do play a Selmer S9* clarinet from 1961, I'm still a chouïa older...

 

[Ghr9204]

Sometimes I am, sometimes I am not. What am I? What has 2 legs, 2 wings and is black? What has 4 legs, 4 wings and is black? What has 3 legs and is black?

A clarinet. A liquorice stick by any other name is still a clarinet. 😉

 

[LostCircuits]

A clarinet. A liquorice stick by any other name is still a clarinet. 😉

A crow
Two crows
A Bechstein concert grand!

There used to be a German line: Black as a Bechstein grand piano!

I could have added: What's black, has a beak and a big hole in the rear?

A hard rubber mouthpiece 😵

 

[jthole]

No, both my tenor and bari are from the early 50s, while I am from the late 60s.

I also see no reason to move to a newer instrument.

 

[Ballymenaboy]

I am 79 and hope my saxes don’t pass away before I do.

 

[Phil]

Ive got a birth year VI
It wasn’t at all on purpose but its cool it worked out that way.

 

[Nick Wyver]

Nowhere near.
S - 2009
A - 2000
T - 2007
B - 1990
Me - 1953

The only sax I have that’s older than me is a 1937 Conn baritone.