Klarinet Archive - Posting 000652.txt from 1998/05

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hey - All youse Sax Professors out dere...
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 09:59:00 -0400

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From: Kevin Fay (LCA) <kevinfay@-----.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 10:43 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] Hey - All youse Sax Professors out dere...

Hi Kevin:

I didn't mention it in my previous posting, but we have been experimenting
with the Caravan, and I like it quite a bit. It is, (to my knowledge as
well), a re-worked Rascher, but I wasn't aware that it was updated to fir
the modern neck. I was under the impression that some who liked the sound
of the Raschers wanted something a little more open. The lay is not as
close as the Rascher, so it has less resistance. It has a slightly
different sound, but I'm not sure I can describe the difference.

By the way, a nephew of mine sent me some information on a brand new
saxophone brand. Included were the prices, the materials the instruments
are made of, and some run-off copies of pictures of the instruments.

When you hear the brand name, you may not want to know anything more about
it. It's called a "Cannonball"!! It comes in gold plate, silver plate,
black nickel plating with gold plated keys, black nickle plating with silver
plated keys, and copper plating with silver plated keys.

Anyway, I thought it might be worth trying to find out more about them.
Maybe someone on the list knows something about them.

Carl Schexnayder

>Hi Carl--
>
>First of all, congrats for you kid and student!
>
>By Buffet was bought from one of the evil discounters as a "scratch and
>dent" in 1995 for $995. It has a tiny solder blemish on the bottom of the
>neck--a birthmark that I dearly love, since it saved me about $600.
>
>Have you tried the Caravan on the "modern" horn? I'm told that it is
really
>a Rascher/Buescher design updated to fit the modern sax neck.
>
>kjf
>

>

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