Category Archives: Saxophone

Some people buy boats. Others buy vacation property. I buy musical instruments. I have a small collection of vintage instruments like this Selmer Paris silver clarinet that plays like a dream. But I’m really a sax man. And to that end, … Continue reading →

I’m anxiously awaiting my new Eppelsheim bass sax and looking forward to using it in the Inspektor Gadget quartet. So I’m getting ready to sell my ’21 (estimated) Buescher TruTone bass sax. It comes with a new Mason Pro hard … Continue reading →

http://gandalfe.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!51AA828BCB20646!1248.entryI got some pictures from Benedikt as he progresses with my custom bass sax that he is making. I thought I’d share them with y’all even though I’ve already sent this to all of my fav sax players.  :o)    … Continue reading →

I’ve always heard that a NY Link saxophone mouthpiece is the holy grail of mouthpieces so I picked up this piece from eBay at a nice, rather low price. I figured that if I didn’t like it, it still would … Continue reading →

 "Every time I pick the horn up, it’s more intriguing to me," he said in 1990. "It satisfies my desire to do whatever I do." – Boots Randolph The first sax album I purchased was when I was in Junior … Continue reading →

I love this from Jay Easton at the Bass Saxophone Page on his mostly-saxophone Web site: "The bass saxophone is the lowest member of the saxophone family ever widely manufactured. If there was ever an unjustly neglected instrument, this is … Continue reading →

I was on the Bass Saxophone Coop forum and I ran into a post by Jay Heath (all pictures are by Jay) of Middletown Music. He had what looked to me to be my ‘special’ custom bass sax by Benedikt Eppelsheim. … Continue reading →

When I met Suzy in high school, a couple of years ago ;o) she was the lead clarinet player in the band and I in the sax section. I remember like it was yesterday first seeing Suzy walking across the … Continue reading →

This is one of many excellent posts on the Sax on the Web forums, this one by TJ (http://www.tjontheroad.com/): The age poll thread has inspired me to assemble a guide for those of us like me who come to the … Continue reading →

Leo, a friend of mine from the SOTW site is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has tried a number of Brazilian and other South American saxophones and mouthpieces. The contra and bass saxes pictured are the compact height models which … Continue reading →