This splendid American saxophone came to me from my fixer-upper, which I bought from in 2006. I haven’t played it much, but intend to, especially as its big brother is currently my favourite tenor. Read more »
Filed under: Buescher New Aristocrat | Tagged: Alto, Buescher, Elkhart, Saximus Maximus, saxophone | Leave a Comment »
Boz the Sax of Maestro Music commented on our review of the Selmer Pennsylvania Special alto, questioning the date of his instrument. As always we are very happy to include new reviews here and, although we have already covered a similar instrument from Kate, there are enough differences to make this interesting.
In this case he reports ‘It came into my music shop in 2 parts – the body, then most of the pads, which had fallen out in the sellers loft!’ So it’s a tribute to his fixing skills that it looks so good in the photos. Read more »
Filed under: Selmer Pennsylvania Special (Kohlert) | Tagged: Baritone, Boz the Sax, Kohlert, Maestro Music, Pennsylvania Special, saxophone, Selmer | Leave a Comment »
I was originally just an alto player, but always been interested in tenors. Once I had enough money I bought a Conn 16M – but not this one. Eventually I traded it in for the Keilwerth SX90R reviewed on this site. Suffering from a long-term buyer regret, I saw this in a pawn broker shop in San Jose in 2001. I was escaped from a Sun analyst conference for an hour with my friend Peter. This was on a high shelf behind the counter, long forgotten I would imagine. Having asked the store-keeper to wash the dirty reed under water I played the instrument, which had a loud, clear tone. Having bought it, I got a real compliment, ‘I’ve often heard buyers play the saxophone, you’re the first one who proved it’. Read more »
Filed under: Conn 16M | Tagged: 16M, Conn, Director, Elkhard, Saximus Maximus, saxophone, tenor | Leave a Comment »
We often go to the open market in Bridport, Dorset on a Saturday morning. In September 2011 we discovered a seller who had this instrument for sale. The lady was selling it for her son, who was not a player himself. There was no workable reed in the case, but it looked in good condition. It had no maker’s name on the horn, but looked playable and was relatively cheap for a tenor. Read more »
Filed under: Wletklang Commodore | Tagged: East Germany, GDR, Saximus Maximus, tenor, Weltklang | Leave a Comment »
Lizzie was a keen clarinettist, playing a Conn metal instrument and a fine Buffet. She decided to take up the saxophone and I was keen she used something modern and good. We bought this from allegro in Oxford. It was already some 20 years old, but had not been played much and still looks shiny and pristine. Read more »
Filed under: Yamaha YS62 | Tagged: Alto, Yamaha | Leave a Comment »
I bought this tenor from my friend Tony at Maggini Supplies a few years ago. He had recently sold me the alto version of this and knew I would be interested. As always I’m interested in unusual vinatage instruments and this fits the description well. Read more »
Filed under: Selmer Pennsylvania Special (Kohlert) | Tagged: Amati, Kohlert, Pennsylvania Special, Saximus Maximus, saxophone, Selmer, tenor saxophone | 5 Comments »
Kate plays this Selmer Pennsylvania baritone saxophone in the Earley Music Centre Big Band, having just moved back from the front row alto section. Ours is a rehearsal band which plays occasional concerts to friends and family, having an annual outing to the Victoria Embankment Gardens in Westminster, London. We play a good variety of big band music from swing to blues to pop and jazz. Our conductor is Tom Benellick who famously played bugle on the Beatles Sgt Pepper band. Read more »
Filed under: Selmer Pennsylvania Special (Kohlert) | Tagged: baritone saxophone, Karl Meyer, Kohlert, Saximus Maximus, Selmer | Leave a Comment »
I noticed my friend Tony at Maggini Supplies had this forsale in his ebay shop. I’ve bought a number of saxophones from him over theyears, as readers of these reviews can discover. Instead of meeting up inperson, this time the horn was delivered by courier – well packed andprotected. The price was low because is was advertised in poor condition,so I ended up spending as much onhaving it repadded and put in playing condition by my sax fixer-upper. Read more »
Filed under: Lyrist Briard Soloiste | Tagged: Adolphe Sax, Adolphe-Edward Sax, Bb Soprano, Briard, French Republican Guard, Lyrist, Soloiste | Leave a Comment »
Kate plays saxophone in the Earley Music Centre Big Band. She’s been sitting on the front row with the altos in front of us tenor players for years, although she’s just moved to baritone – so we’re also going to review of her Selmer Pennsylvania Special here. Ours is a rehearsal band which plays occasional concerts to friends and family, having an annual outing to the Victoria Embankment Gardens in Westminster, London. We play a good variety of big band music from swing to blues to pop and jazz. We’re lucky to have Tom Benellick as our conductor. Read more »
Filed under: Dolnet Belair | Tagged: Alto, Belair, Dolnet, Mantes | Leave a Comment »
We’re very pleased to bring you a review of this excellent, unusual German saxophone written by Peter Chadwick – a keen player based in the West country…x
I bought this instrument from eBay out of curiosity (it wasn’t expensive!). I have become a fan of European saxophones after dumping my Martin to buy a Selmer Pennsylvania Special (see an earlier article by Saxuimus Maximus). I have been unable to discover much about pre-war Kohlert instruments although there is a lot of company history to read if you are that way inclined. I understand that during the late 1920’s Kohlert used the year of manufacture as the model name. I have seen pictures of a “Modell 1926” and a “Modell 1928” – mine is a “Modell 1927” and doesn’t look much like the others. Read more »
Filed under: Kohlert Modell 1927 | Tagged: alto saxophone, Germany, Graslitz, Kholert, Peter Chadwick, Saximus Maximus | 2 Comments »
