Klarinet Archive - Posting 000337.txt from 2009/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Alto Sax Mouthpieces (again)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:41:17 -0500

At 10:45 PM 2/16/2009, Kevin Fay wrote:
>...
>Santy Runyon was a saxophone demi-god in Chicago back in the day. Aside
>from playing for Al Capone, he taught Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond, Harry
>Carney, Lee Konitz, and Sonny Stitt. The lore is that he was responsible
>for the "CONNQUEROR" - Conn's 26M (Alto)/30 (Tenor) - the pinnacle of one
>strand of saxophone design.

And also the Bundy II, the NADIR of saxophone design! The "update"
of the Bundy from its original Buescher Aristocrat roots to a modern
right-side bell key was an awkward mess, may it RIP.

Bill Hausmann

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

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