Show us yours!

[Taz]

An old thread revitalised but a bit of fun anyway, so whether its a sax, a kazoo or even your band, lets see some photos.
Some fat bloke!
My Dearman restoration

 

[Rogerb]

Purty, innit?

 

[jonf]

My rocking C Mel

With Aquilasax crook to allow a tenor mouhtpiece to be used, Berg 120/0 duckbill and mod to move the sling hook to a more natural place.

 

[dooce]

Cannonball Raven

Well, I like it......

 

[Taz]

Ha Ha Bill I knew it wouldnt take you long!

 

[half diminished]

My babies

 

[Jules]

A man of good taste-you've got two of my favourite horns there.... did you say your saxello was an ebay find? Lucky fellah!

 

[half diminished]

A man of good taste-you've got two of my favourite horns there.... did you say your saxello was an ebay find? Lucky fellah!

Yes it was. Some poor guy who had been made redundant and needed the cash. Cistme less than one third of the 'new' price. It is in excellant condition and the sound is beautiful.

I'm loving the Mauriat too and am so pleased I moved up from alto. I am a lucky bug@.

 

[thomsax]

A picture of my Martin Comm II from 1940. A player and a looker. Lion and Crown engraving, solid nickelsilver keys, adjustable thumbrest .... . The Comm II are different to play compared to the Committee I and "The Martin ...". In the 60's they re-tooled it and the sax became Martin Medalist.

Thomas

 

[thomsax]

Mine's just a regular new gold one, so I have to rely on a gimmick..

What a nice and clean tube you got!! Perfect.

Thomas

 

[jonf]

All of them together

These are all mine. A prize to anyone who can identify the lot.

 

[Nick Cook]

Oh - you mean saxophones!!!

 

[Pjonah]

These are all mine. A prize to anyone who can identify the lot.

Guess at
Bari - Beuscher 400
Tenor Conn
Tenor Martin
Alto - Ancient Conn possibly
Sop Bent Yani or Yani copy
C Mel - Conn
Straight Sop- Yamaha??

Probably a country mile off!

 

[thomsax]

These are all mine. A prize to anyone who can identify the lot.

Straight soprano: European brand?? No idea.
C-melody:Conn from late 20's wo orignal neck.
Two tone tenor: Martin Medalist/Indiana? Can alsobe a Conn??
Tenor: Yanagisawa (800 model)
Alto: Buescher TT from 20's.
Curve soprano: Yanigisawa or a Yani copy.
Bari: Buescher (from -53 or younger)

 

[jonf]

Guess at
Bari - Beuscher 400
Tenor Conn
Tenor Martin
Alto - Ancient Conn possibly
Sop Bent Yani or Yani copy
C Mel - Conn
Straight Sop- Yamaha??

Probably a country mile off!

Three out of seven. No prize for you

 

[jonf]

Straight soprano: European brand?? No idea.
C-melody:Conn from late 20's wo orignal neck.
Two tone tenor: Martin Medalist/Indiana? Can alsobe a Conn??
Tenor: Yanagisawa (800 model)
Alto: Buescher TT from 20's.
Curve soprano: Yanigisawa or a Yani copy.
Bari: Buescher (from -53 or younger)

Five out of seven, being generous. Good effort, but no cigar.

 

[Jules]

meet my trusty Mauriat 66r & Mr. cheap as chips Venus Curved soprano....

 

[jonf]

meet my trusty Mauriat 66r & Mr. cheap as chips Venus Curved soprano....

Nice Jules. How is the cheapo curved sop?

Incidentally, the quiz to guess what all mine are - you're barred. This is on the following grounds:

1 One of them was bought from you

2 Another was bought from the shop you work in

3 Another was serviced on behalf of the previous owner just before I bought it, in the shop where you work

 

[Jules]

Nice Jules. How is the cheapo curved sop?

for the price- great! worth every bit of the £110 I paid for it... OK, it's not the world's greatest sop, but it's in tune and satisfies my desire for something to noodle on in a vaguely celtic/folky sort of way. Plus- the quality of the original mouthpiece raised a few titters! Will probably upgrade when I next get an attack of GAS but for now it does the job fine.
Plus, it looks cool- being black with silver keywork!

 

[rhysonsax]

Love that pair of silver Selmer clarinets. How do they play ?

I picked up a cheap metal clarinet by Dubois (of wood ?!) and it's not bad at all.

Rhys