admin (Edit, December 2015. Waitlist was opened for a while and is now closed again until 2017 at least. That was fast! But since I work slow, it doesn’t take a whole lot to keep me busy. Read on though, because the majority of this post talks about a change in my repair philosophy and …
This is a 1952 Selmer Super (Balanced) Action tenor saxophone in somewhat funny-looking original lacquer, in excellent physical condition; an original un-engraved “Euro horn”. Back when this horn was made, to avoid import taxes for horns sold in the US market, Selmer Paris sent saxophones in parts to Selmer USA (which is an entirely different …
This is a Yamaha YTS-32, which is basically a Yamaha YTS-52 for the European market. Originally marketed as an intermediate horn, much like the Yamaha YSS-475 intermediate soprano it is actually every bit as professional in playing as its big brother, the 62, with the only notable subtractions to my mind (though there are quite a …
This is a 1926 Conn New Wonder Series II soprano saxophone in the extremely rare finish option known as “Virtuoso Deluxe“. Heavily gold plated and hand burnished, hand-crafted pearl inlay on every key, and elaborate engraving that typically covers the entire horn. On this particular example, there is a dragon-slaying scene (apparently used more than …
This is an original lacquer King Zephyr Special tenor from 1938. I overhauled it with reusable brass resonators from Tenor Madness, and I am about as pleased with my padwork on this one as I ever get. The horn came out really, really great and it is so beautiful to look at. I learned a tiny bit …
This is the earliest King Zephyr Special saxophone that I have seen or heard of, and it predates the known serial number lists for the model number by about 7,000 serials. I own a Zephyr Special alto from what seems to be the first big batch of them, a 209xxx instrument. This one is 202xxx, …
I had this site set up so that it was not showing up in search engines. I just disabled that, so now that some people might actually see this maybe I’ll get off my butt and add some stuff. I just need to find the time! This site is MAJORLY under construction. Since I …
You just can’t beat a 1920s-1930s Conn for hugeness of tone. This was a very clean Conn transitional tenor saxophone which I fully repadded. This is a less commonly seen variant with split bell keys and the “naked lady” engraving, which only appeared in this configuration on tenor. By the time the “naked lady” engraving …