First off….the formatting on the text here is terrible. I apologize. Don’t have the time to fix it. I get a fair number of inquiries from bari sax and tenor sax players with bad backs and bad necks looking for a stand they can use while playing. There are some tall tenor sax floor stands […]
1930’s Martin Imperial Alto Sax neck. Most modern necks have a tenon with a larger Outside Diameter (O.D.)
Comparison of two Conn alto necks with underslung octave keys. Both are from 26M Connqueror alto saxes: s/n 267xxx – 1935 s/n 282xxx – 1937 They have distinctly different knurling on the microtuner. The 1937 horn is marked “VIII” on the body and has a corresponding “VIII” on the neck. The 1935 horn’s neck is […]
Here is an e-mail exchange I had with someone who has experiencing back pain from playing sax: ======================================================== She asked: I was wondering if there is a stand that I can purchase that will hold my alto sax in a ready to play position…can’t do a neck strap and my harness is really starting to […]
Pick-ups are essentially a microphone fitted into an instrument. With the Selmer Varitone they drilled a hole in the neck and installed the pick-up in the neck. Now…who wants a hole drilled in their sax neck? Anybody? Makes more sense to me to drill the hole in a mouthpiece. Probably not your favorite mouthpiece…save that […]
The Vito Model 35 Neck is longer than the standard Vito Kenosha neck..at least in this instance. I wouldn’t assume they are all the same. The Model 35 neck is the lower of the two in the first photo. In the second photo, it shows the Model 35 neck tenon as slightly longer. Pulling a […]