Klarinet Archive - Posting 000387.txt from 1999/12

From: Don Longacre <nw2v@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] saxophones ?
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:43:20 -0500

Bill Hausmann wrote:

>The pro horns, like the Selmer Paris models, Yamaha Pro Customs, etc., are
>very heavily built, with annealed bells and such. The Selmers are the
>R-13's of the saxophone world, the standard by which the others are judged.
>

Yes, Bill, they are as close as were going to get, I think. I play a Yamaha
tenor pro model bought new about 18 months ago. It took a while to tweak up
and all that but I can bop the low tones with confidence and get around the
top with satisfactory intonation. The other tenor guy in a big band I play
in has a Selmer Paris model which he selected at the factory (in Paris) and he fussed
over it a bit too getting exactly what he wanted. He blows a Link 5* and I
use a VD T45 Java. The sax section; bari, two tenors, two altos play nearly
new pro horns and when the boss drops his hand for the downbeat,there is
nothing in the world quite like the precision attack of 5 saxes a' tempo.
We're all old geezers from the big band days but we can swing.

Don Longacre

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