May 20, 2016
This was a very clean Buffet SDA tenor that sported what some folks call "sparkle lacquer", although for me the jury is still out on whether that is a real thing or not. (It looks like crazing close up, and I've been told ...
May 20, 2016
Fairly standard overhaul done on this beauty. I used flat metal resonators. These like thin pads- you'll be using minimal adhesive as well to get them as thin as the horn wants (assuming key geometry hasn't been bent all ...
May 20, 2016
Solid sterling silver Selmer Series III alto, full mechanical overhaul. This one was a doozy! While it arrived playing decently, it just played dead and stuffy all around, with no clear culprit. In fact, the owner (an ...
March 11, 2016
This unique horn was made in 1929 during the time period that the "New Largebore" Selmer was being made, but sat unfinished and unsold at the factory until the late 1930s, when it was finished, given a contemporary ...