Klarinet Archive - Posting 000019.txt from 2002/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fastest Flight of the Bumblebee I have heard
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 06:17:16 -0500

At 07:40 PM 12/1/2002 -0800, Gary Truesdail wrote:
>I have been told there are very few bass saxophones in the US. Does
>anyone have
>info on how many were actually made and where they are? When I was in high
>school we had one in the band. If I knew how important they would become,
>well, you know.

Most of the ones I have seen selling on eBay, regardless of whose name was
stamped on them, were clearly made by Conn. There was one that just sold
for only about $2600, which is much less than they usually go for (more
like $5000).

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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