admin SOLD This is a gold-plated 1928 Martin Handcraft baritone saxophone, keyed from low Bb to high F, recently overhauled with reso-tech reusable brass dome resonators. It plays very well, with a rich, dark and powerful tone. The horn itself is in excellent physical condition (especially for a baritone) and the overhaul work done (Mike …
Hello! So here we are. New website, new products, new location, new email, new phone number. Find my contact info in the contact section, find my repair information in the repair services section, read about me and my philosophies in the about and philosophy sections respectively. This website, as you can probably tell, is …
You just don’t see these every day. I am in the middle of cleaning up this horn, and the silver plate is so bright and thick that if I hadn’t seen it tarnished and cleaned it up myself I’d wonder if it was exceptionally classy nickel plate. Beautiful and rare example of a Mark VI soprano.
Curt Altarac, a fellow saxophone repair specialist here in North Carolina put together a great article at MusicMedic.com based on the experience of one of his apprentices fitting the keys (aka rebuilding the mechanics) of a cheap East Asian import sax. Any of you who are repairmen reading this are immediately getting clammy, and perhaps …
A company based in Thailand has made a plastic saxophone, called the Vibrato. had a chance to test out a Vibrato model A1S and take a look at the mechanics from a saxophone repairman’s point of view. (Click on any photo for a high resolution version) In the wayback times, an English company made an acrylic saxophone aimed at …
I love original literature, be it ads or booklets or price lists, and I collect them as I come across them. Here are some high-quality scans of the booklets that would have come with your new Selmer Mark VI saxophone. Click on any image for a high resolution version.
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On older horns, sometimes you’ll find that the right hand E pearl is disconnected from the E pad cup, and through a rather complex mechanism is attached to a tiny key opposite the low D. This is a mechanism called the forked Eb, and when in proper working order allows you to trill from D …