Saxophones The Bauhaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread

[Pete Thomas]

No no, jaguars come from Peru. Tigers are from India.

 

[old_git]

Are you absolutely sure, Pete?
Always thought Tigers came from Triumph and De Haviland.

 

[TonyMoroney]

old git wrote:
Are you absolutely sure, Pete?
Always thought Tigers came from Triumph and De Haviland.

Nope, the Tiger definitely came from Sunbeam!!

T.

 

[jonf]

old git wrote:
Always thought Tigers came from Triumph and De Haviland.

And Sunbeam.

 

[old_git]

Rootes Group not the REAL Sunbeam. They could not build an engine for it, so borrowed one of Henry's small block V8s. Mind you a suitable vehicle for Christopher Robin and his Pater.
Pedants rule.

 

[daveysaxboy]

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[TomMapfumo]

I note with interest that Allegri in Oxford (famous for their Borgani Saxes) are now stocking BW's.

By my reckoning that means that they can now be played and/or purchased in Cowplain (Hants), Abergavenny (Gwent) and Oxford. Wherever next?

Kind regards
Tom 8)

 

[dooce]

Allegri - or All Aggro as some ex-customers have been driven to call them. They were charging a bit of a premium over WWB's price last time I looked.

 

[davedriver]

As I have just said on the hello thread I have not started playing yet but am looking at the phosphor-bronze BW tenor.


Any help or advice is greatfully received.

 

[Bobby G]

Oooh, they're getting closer to me! I used to go in Allegro when I was out that way on my last job, but don't get that far now I've changed company. If I'm in the market for a new tenor, which I could be later in the year, I would definitely make the trip, even though I took against the owner a bit when he turned his nose up at my choice of reeds.

 

[dooce]

Bobby G wrote:
Oooh, they're getting closer to me! I used to go in Allegro when I was out that way on my last job, but don't get that far now I've changed company. If I'm in the market for a new tenor, which I could be later in the year, I would definitely make the trip, even though I took against the owner a bit when he turned his nose up at my choice of reeds.

You wouldn't be alone in that experience Bob. It might be interesting to see how wound up he would be if you went and tried one in his shop then bought it from WWB. Not that I would ever dream of sanctioning doing anything so unscrupulous........

 

[jonf]

Hi Dave

I've got one of the pre-Italian pad sopranos. The only problem I found with them was that it first they were ridiculously sticky. With a bit of playing and some de-stickying (there's a useful thread about this on the forum) they are fine. Other than that, I doubt very much that it would make any real difference to your learning whether it has Italian pads or not.

I'd see if you can talk them into chucking in a Yamaha mouthpiece, which will be great for a beginner. The stock one which came with my sop was awful.

I wouldn't worry about the cosmetics too much. As long as the sax has beeen checked and is sold as playing well a few small marks shouldn't make any difference. If you're at all concerned, give them a ring - they're a friendly bunch.

 

[jonf]

Quite a big premium over the other suppliers - ?55 on the tenor, and he says that is the launch price only. Oddly, though, the alto is cheaper.

 

[TomMapfumo]

Shame when people acquire a dodgy reputation. Sounds like the other two suppliers have begun to establish very good reputations.

I'm just glad that I never go to Oxford and have all my sax needs met, at least for the moment.

Kind regards
Tom 8)

 

[TomMapfumo]

Agreed! Act soon before someone else does

Kind regards
Tom 8)

 

[Smiffy]

There have been a couple on ebay that gone for around that price, so looks to be a holding price (for now)

But the ones on ebay did have extras, mp, case, and were still under warranty

 

[TonyMoroney]

I wish sax.co.uk would stock them... they're very close and really really helpful, they always have time for me when I'm in there. A great bunch of guys (opinions may differ) 🙂

T.

 

[TomMapfumo]

Wouldn't that fly in the face of their Sakkusu sax range which, as far as I can understand, is possibly their equivalent of the BW's. Apologies if I am inaccurate here.

Kind regards
Tom 8)

 

[TonyMoroney]

TomMapfumo wrote:
Wouldn't that fly in the face of their Sakkusu sax range which, as far as I can understand, is possibly their equivalent of the BW's. Apologies if I am inaccurate here.

Possibly although I'd have thought no more than stocking Keilwerth conflicts with Mauriat, or Yani conflicts with Selmer?

T.

 

[Mikec]

I bought my BW from Allegro, paying the premium in order to support a small business. I found the guy a bit stand-offish, but not downright rude. I went twice to try the sax before I bought it and he was co-operative but not "pushy" and when I took it back to have the corks re-glued, he was positively friendly; we talked about the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for some time, and I spent ages gazing in rapture at the beautiful and, for me, unaffordable saxes he has in stock.