Klarinet Archive - Posting 001112.txt from 1998/04

From: "Scott Morrow" <sdm@-----.edu>
Subj: Speaking of bass saxes..(was The Ab Clarinet, Bass Sax, Sopranissimo, etc.)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:06:51 -0400

>The bass saxophone; well I'd never classify it as a novelty instrument.
>There's a lot of them out there; and they're still fairly popular; and
>they've made a giant comeback in the past ten years. To my knowledge
>they're manufactured by Selmer, Keilwerth, and L.A. Sax (in decreasing
order
>of price.) the cheapest being about $7,500 (L.A.) the most expensive about
>$9,900 (Selmer) ((Those are street values, not retail!).

I'm looking for a bass sax to borrow in the Baltimore/Annapolis area! The
show I'm playing in runs the first three weekends in May! Anyone have a
"spare"?!!

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
DNA Synthesis Core Facility
Department of Biochemistry
The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 955-3631