This is pretty cool stuff. “Cymatics (from Greek: ???? “wave”) is the study of visible sound and vibration, a subset of modal phenomena. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid.[1] Different patterns emerge in the exitatory medium depending …
I’ve recently started a repair column over at BestSaxophoneWebsiteEver and my first column was “Should I repad my horn?”. Might sound like an easy question, but there is so much involved to be able to make this decision properly, and so much information that the consumer should know so they are aware and happy with …
Here is a rare find, something that was given to me as a birthday present from a good customer of mine. This is the original warranty booklet from a 1935 Conn saxophone, along with the Conn pad measuring tool. Very interesting reading, and several pieces of good advice from yesteryear that still apply today. …
The Conn M-series saxophone, manufactured by C.G. Conn in Elkhart Indiana from 1935 to 1959. In my opinion, one of the most beautiful saxophones ever made, and an example of American design and craftsmanship at its finest. Information on the M-series saxophones: 1. The Conn Loyalist 2. Saxpics Conn page 3. Saxgourmet Conn page …
Dorfler and Jurka was a German saxophone maker who at times made horns as a contractor for Julius Keilwerth and made horns based on Keilwerth designs to sell under their own name. To add to the confusion, D&J stenciled out saxophones to many of the same companies to which Keilwerth did the same, and names …
Martin Committee saxophones pose a special challenge for neck fitting because of the teardrop hanging down in the way of the tenon. This, combined with the thickness of the tenon itself, make for a neck that can only be adjusted in one particular way. This is not a difficult job, but it is one that …
This is about as hard core as saxophone geekiness gets. If you had been the owner of a Selmer curved soprano about 90 years ago and you wanted a spring set, this is what you would have gotten in the mail- it would have cost you $2.15, and it would have cost 12 cents to …
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.