Mouthpieces Berg Larsen soprano saxophones

They were the same as the Weltklang/Champion/Trafford etc Eastern European ones from the 1970s and 1980s. Playable but not great. Clunky ergonomics.
 
I have just acquired one and I must say I was pretty impressed. I thought they were GDR saxophones but thank you for confirming my suspicions. Ergonomically I like the layout. Robust and fairly heavy for a curved. The Roy Benson is far slicker but will it last 30 or 40 years?
 
I've seen loads and loads of traight ones, but never a curved. My comments were based on the straight ones, I can't speak for curved ones, which may be different.
 
I've seen loads and loads of traight ones, but never a curved. My comments were based on the straight ones, I can't speak for curved ones, which may be different.
Exactly the same experience for me! Never seen a curved one before! That is why I bought it...! The more I play it the more I like it.
 
well, it could have been a rare discovery 🙂 although having been a few times around the block myself and having bought and sold quite a few horns in the last 7 years I have see my fair share of weltklangs.
 
The Altos are common , there was one at Cashconverters going cheap labelled as a "Soprano" was it that one ? . the Meister tenor they had was listed as Berg Larsen, they got them well mixed up - I contacted David UK when they first had them (they`d have done a deal on both) , he was as disinterested in them as I was , cheap but with not a great rep, especially the Berg Alto after reading SOTW reports ..
 
Last week, I’ve played quite a bit a curved soprano in public. I always get comments about my small alto 🙂.........the notion of a curved soprano isn’t a notion shared by many. Once I also had a seller whom was convinced he had a curved sopranino (if it is small it has to be a sopranino no?), I told him that at the time there were only two curved sopranino (now there is the Rampone too), The Orsi and the Kalison, and he angrily told me that I knew nothing about saxophones.:headscratch:
 
well, these weltklangs can be decent though unsophisticated saxophones. I prefer the older solist models, heavily silver plated. The B&S blue label are essentially the same saxophone with a better quality control.
 
Last week, I’ve played quite a bit a curved soprano in public. I always get comments about my small alto 🙂.........the notion of a curved soprano isn’t a notion shared by many. Once I also had a seller whom was convinced he had a curved sopranino (if it is small it has to be a sopranino no?), I told him that at the time there were only two curved sopranino (now there is the Rampone too), The Orsi and the Kalison, and he angrily told me that I knew nothing about saxophones.:headscratch:

King did sopraninos as well! Picture below taken from Saxophone Journal, Vintage Saxophone Revisted, Paul Cohen.
kingsopranino.jpg
 

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