Klarinet Archive - Posting 000340.txt from 2009/02

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Alto Sax Mouthpieces (again)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:21:49 -0500

Ralph Morgan used to claim he did the Bundy II.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2009 12:41 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] Alto Sax Mouthpieces (again)
>
>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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