Miscellaneous Old Saxophone Advertisements or Case Emblems ?

PigSquealer · 2026-10-30T06:40:04+0100

Anyone have vintage catalogs, advertising or case emblem pictures / copies to share ?

Store emblems make for some fascinating historical research.

This sax below came from Smarts Music Shop. Could it be the one in display case ?

PigSquealer · 2026-10-30T06:51:32+0100

Just imagine walking into Freeds Jewelry, Victrolas, Musical Instruments & Radiolas on 47 North Main Street, Pittston, Pa. In 1925.
Seeing this brochure….

….and walking out the door with your new sax proudly showing the brand badge.

turf3 · 2026-10-30T16:39:48+0100

I have a Buescher case with that emblem, and a Holton case with its emblem.

My bass sax is in its much battered original case but no emblem, and my baritone in its even more battered case but no emblem. Neither of these had the emblem when I got them.

I always thought the foil adhesive backed store emblems applied to the velvet inside the case were cool. My two flute cases have these. They are modern instruments, but Carolyn Nussbaum still follows that practice.

All my other horns are in cases of zero collector interest whatsoever.

helen · 2026-10-30T17:28:19+0100

This is a bunch I collected over the years. I think I have more somewhere else, but I had scanned this grouping a few years ago.

Anyone recognize the left lower one with the red shield? I don't recall seeing it anywhere else--but then I haven't been looking either. 😉

ESJohn · 2026-10-30T17:49:54+0100

This is the back cover of my first instruction book that was given to me around 1968-1969. It's the oldest sax-related item that I own. The prices are interesting and never to be seen again. I would have loved to show you the case emblem from my King Cleveland, but the interior had molded over time and in poor storage, so it was thrown away.

PigSquealer · 2026-10-30T19:31:15+0100

turf3 said:
I always thought the foil adhesive backed store emblems applied to the velvet inside the case were cool. My two flute cases have these. They are modern instruments, but Carolyn Nussbaum still follows that practice.

Nice to hear someone is continuing the tradition. The interior foil ones don’t usually survive well. Like one in fifty may still have a model label. This below from a 1933 metal clarinet.

PigSquealer · 2026-10-30T19:34:13+0100

helen said:
This is a bunch I collected over the years. I think I have more somewhere else, but I had scanned this grouping a few years ago.

Anyone recognize the left lower one with the red shield? I don't recall seeing it anywhere else--but then I haven't been looking either. 😉

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Nice assortment ! Can’t say I’ve seen that one in lower left.

Stocker · 2026-10-30T23:07:40+0100

My ~1955 American Standard 245 still has the (presumed) original selling dealer's emblem on its case.

Somewhat ironically, this was the era when H.N. White merely embossed their logo into the vinyl covering, so that one is barely visible.

PigSquealer · 2026-10-31T04:08:22+0100

Stocker said:
Somewhat ironically, this was the era when H.N. White merely embossed their logo into the vinyl covering, so that one is barely visible.

Picture possible ? Maybe a pencil rub onto paper ?
King / H.N. White like others had several different designs over the years.
Here’s two from the mid 1920’s. An exterior badge and an interior foil emblem.

And an interior picture of a C Melody case with a ribbon.

thomsax · 2026-10-31T09:31:27+0100

Some american emblems; Martin Handcraft (original case of my HC Committee from 1938), "The Martin", Pan American and Conn.

..... and when I open the HC case there is a golden shield glued on the green "fluff". The green fluff is very close to the colour of a Buick Riviera Super Eight -51: Geneva Green. If you going to relaquer a Buick from 1951, just open a Committe case from 1938 ....