I would like to know how the King is
@gladsaxisme ?
Sorry Mel and anyone else interested in the Zephyr,I have been quite busy work wise of late and neglected the cafe and my sax playing.
I'm quite pleased with the sax it looks like it's got it's original lacquer with obvious wear for its age, unfortunately not its original case but it has a nice smart new one.
It has a couple of dents in the bow and unfortunately the bell lip has taken a knock at some time leaving a feint line.
It seems to have been well looked after over its life as there is very little wear showing in the mechanics and all is nice and tight,the pads are a mixture of white and brown ,mainly white,not new but in reasonable condition, I might consider replacing with all new white in the future.
Plays without problem through most of its range but have had problems getting bottom Bb but that could just be me getting used to the sax and the somewhat small pinky table levers, but I sometimes have problems getting it on my 62,might be a leak somewhere but I will have to play some more before I'm sure about that.
I like the fact it has a few screw key adjustment between keys which I haven't come across before on any of the old saxes I own
All in all I'm happy with the sax and need to spend more time with it before making any comments on tone and playability
John