Saxophones ben websters saxophone ?

[berniesax]

can any of you good people out there please confirm for me whether ben websters saxophone ! which is said he played thoughout is entire career was a selmer super balanced action or just a selmer balanced action ?
cheers
bernie

 

[half diminished]

Check this out http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/instrumentsB/

Selmer "Balanced Action" tenor saxophone #25418

 

[Saxlicker]

I have recollection that she was affectionately named by Him as 'Old Betsy'

 

[Jules]

...and a condition of his will was that no one else was ever to play it after his death.... (brings to mind the vision of being haunted by the ghost of ben webster!!)

 

[berniesax]

thank you chaps most kind of you all
bernie

 

[Saxlicker]

I have recollection that she was affectionately named by Him as 'Old Betsy'

Opps!
I see that was already in the info on the link......
Sometimes it pays not to do things in a rush

 

[old git]

Why not look in Webster's Dictionary?

BTW Talk like a Pirate Day coming up.

How about all posts on the 19th being in Pirate form?

 

[jonf]

BTW Talk like a Pirate Day coming up.

How about all posts on the 19th being in Pirate form?

Obviously, given my Avatar, I'd be well up for that.

 

[rhysonsax]

Obviously, given my Avatar, I'd be well up for that.

I was wondering what it was and decided it was spaghetti and meatlballs. Is that a pirate's favourite food ?

Rhys

 

[Sunray]

Wooly Avatar ...

Obviously, given my Avatar, I'd be well up for that.

Great Avatar - So how long have you been a keen knitter ... ))

My Muvver in law knits loads of jumpers - what can you knit? ;}

 

[Sue]

How can Ben Webster (okay his saxophone) be pillaged by buccaneers?

I always thought the avatar was an alien of some sort. Isn't art wonderful?

 

[TomMapfumo]

BTW Talk like a Pirate Day coming up.

How about all posts on the 19th being in Pirate form?

Ahoy there, maties, am I too earrrlee........?;}

 

[Nick Wyver]

Arrr!!! You be earlee alroit!

I've never got the fascination with stuff famous people have touched/played/owned. Do they really believe that owning what they played is a shortcut to sounding like them?

I'll stick with practising.

Or at least I would if I did much practising, that is.

 

[jonf]

I was wondering what it was and decided it was spaghetti and meatlballs. Is that a pirate's favourite food ?

Rhys

It's the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I am a Pastafarian, and there are strong links between Pastafarians and Pirates, particularly of the 'talk like a pirate' variety. I won't go into details, given the 'no religion' rules on the forum, but have a look at http://www.venganza.org/

Jon

 

[kevgermany]

It's the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I am a Pastafarian, and there are strong links between Pastafarians and Pirates, particularly of the 'talk like a pirate' variety. I won't go into details, given the 'no religion' rules on the forum, but have a look at http://www.venganza.org/

Jon

I thought it was a ball of wool with a couple of knitting needles broken off in it.

 

[old git]

It's the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I am a Pastafarian, and there are strong links between Pastafarians and Pirates, particularly of the 'talk like a pirate' variety. I won't go into details, given the 'no religion' rules on the forum, but have a look at http://www.venganza.org/Jon

Jon,
You owe me a new pair of underpants, jeans, socks, boots, a new carpet and a Holy Welsh Rugby Jersey.

 

[Young Col]

Bill
How did they get such a good likeness of you at the bottom of the chemistry doodle on the homepage?

 

[berniesax]

i always thought it was a flamimal ! the ricky gervais thing sorry

 

[jonf]

BTW Talk like a Pirate Day coming up.

How about all posts on the 19th being in Pirate form?

Aaargh, Jim Lad! Pieces of eight.

 

[Jules]

Aaargh, Jim Lad! Pieces of eight.

keel haul the scurvy land lubber!!!!!!! (sorry- only pirate phrase that springs to mind)