Strasser Marigaux Lemaire produced horns for Pichard (French reed maker) I have a Vito branded bari that Sandro Massullo (Massullo Music) told me was made by Martin
Yup, you caught me. I don't have SML on the list of manufacturers. I thought about it, I researched them, but couldn't find any stencils attributed to them, so I passed... You know what they say about hindsight....
Your Vito, does it have the domed key cups we associate with King saxes? Happen to have a couple of pics you could
fire off to me. I'm curious, since King made so few stencils. I'd appreciate it. I won't use them in my gallery, I'd just like to see them for myself.
Helen; great list! I cant find King Marigaux ("SML"? or who made these saxes for King Instrumentals Inc, Eastlake) and King Lemaire (Amati-Denak stencil). I played a "Rico" baryton that seems to be a Beaugnier stencil?
Mmm... Yup, I seem to have really dropped the ball on the whole SML thingy... Now that you mention it, I have heard of King Marigaux and King Lemaire.
Do you have some pics of your Rico baritone you can
send me? I wouldn't mind seeing it. Again, I won't use the pics in my gallery without your permission. These are just for myself.
Very useful. A couple of things I think are missing. No mention of Weltklang, which made several different stencils as well as saxes under its own name. Also no listing for Yamaha or Yanagisawa. Yamaha made altos and tenors using the Vito name, and Yanagisawa did a number of stencils - I have a particularly good Yanagisawa alto branded as 'Astro'.
I don't mention Weltklang, but I could. (I do mention their predecessor Akustik.) No reason I couldn't--it is my list after all, and I do mention second line and student horns for other manufacturers. I do however, list a boatload of their stencils under the VEB listing. When all the linking is complete, people will be able to see not all Weltklang, but the old blue label stencils very clearly.
As far as Yani and Yamaha goes, again, you guys caught me. I'm not into Japanese horns, and must admit I don't think of them as "vintage". That being said, especially Yani, has a very long history that I am especially ignorant of. I figure other people are real experts in that area, so I really don't need to be. That being said, I realize I do need to add them to this list.
Thank you for keeping me honest!
Alfredo Santoni is missing, they made a few, including Evette, Couesnon and others. Pete has a page on them.
Weltklang should be listed under VEB as well as B&S.
Probably a note about Amati's origins and why they used the J Keilwerth name is good-are these really stencils?
Santoni, I remember coming across the name, and then dismissing it b/c I didn't see any stencils associated with it... Back to the table....
I can add a small blurby on Amati. I think I already have something in my JK section anyway. I can just copy and paste.
Add Musik Steyr to Amati, but I think they had other makers stencilling for them as well.
Thank you!
I have a Keilwerth Tone King stamped "La Sete".
Thank you!