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.
The shortcomings of language and barriers to consumer knowledge have divorced value from price, and created an unprofitable valley that traps and kills many good products, services, and innovations to keep the status quo a sea of mediocrity.
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 …
Obviously some stuffiness is caused by leaks, damage, supoptimal key heights, octave issues (particularly with upper A and C), etc. But what about when you’ve taken it to a competent tech and worked on it and nothing seems to be helping? Well, the following information may help you. Some notes on the horn are vented …
The following is an email I received asking a variation of an Eternal Question I seem to get pretty often, followed by my response. “Hello Matt.I am mailing you to tell you about a Keilwerth New King Tenor I have bought and playing. I put it through a repair shop and it plays so well …
Early Keilwerths I have recently become a big fan of early Keilwerths, around the serial 10xxx to 21xxx. There is a picture of the New King and the Modell 3 I speak about in this article in the gallery. To get up to speed on Keilwerth New King/Tone King and their stencils, go to http://www.saxpics.com/keilwerth/newking.htm …
Otto Link Mouthpieces, Past and Present This guide was NOT written by me- it has been generously given to me to publish here by MN, and I have it up here with his permission to help anyone who is wanting to learn more about the differences between Otto Link mouthpiece models. Also check out my …
I recently performed a full overhaul on a Dolnet Royal Jazz alto saxophone in gold plate. The Royal Jazz is the same as a Bel Air model, with the addition of a microtuner on the neck, a high E trill, a forked Eb, a high F# (which on this horn was configured as a fourth …