Category Archives: Vintage

In the Mood this weekend

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Gandalfe

I’m Jones’ing for some Big Band and the In the Mood theater production is doing their last weekend of the show in Monroe, WA. I invited late to the gig after I already had two other gigs, so I will … Continue reading →

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Full Boehm Clarinet in a modern world

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Gandalfe

Terry Stibal in 2006 reviews your full Boehm clarinet options. For many years, Selmer offered the complete line of clarinets, as did Heckel, Leblanc and Buffet. However, that has changed and now you are quite limited as to extra keywork. … Continue reading →

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Johnny Hodges does “The Last Time I saw Paris”

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Gandalfe

Music, as they say, is a great mood maker. I’m sitting here on an extended holiday weekend pokin’ around the internet; you know that “series of tubes” thingee. This video, one of my many favorites, is NSFW because some of … Continue reading →

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Foto du Jour: The Piano

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Gandalfe

How can you not luv a melancholy picture like this. Found on Flickr.com, it is delightful. If this piano could tell stories, I would bet they would be interesting. 

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Saxophone Vintage Toys

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Gandalfe

Helen the Canadian (yes, I call her that) has blogged at the Bassic Sax blog for a while now. She talks about bass saxes and other rare instruments. She teases me with pointers to sales of vintage instruments that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectable, Hobbies, Saxophone, Toys, Vintage | 4 Comments

Name that car, the car that never was…

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Gandalfe

Suzy and I were thinking about buying this car when it was to be released over six years ago. But although there was a lot of hoopla, the vehicle was never mass produced. Can you name this car?   Yes, … Continue reading →

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Conn-o-sax ~ Sweetest playing sax in the world.

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Gandalfe

A couple of years ago I got to play QuinnTheEskimo’s (if you have to ask, you don’t run in the sax forums or eBay) Conn-o-sax. It was the sweetest sounding sax I’ve ever played, speaking clearly from the top to … Continue reading →

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Albert System Clarinet, in a nutshell

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Gandalfe

Terry Stibal, an accomplished musician and historian, regales us at the Woodwind Forum with yet another synopsis from the musical world. The pictures are from the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. A long time ago, there was this … Continue reading →

Posted in Clarinet, Collectable, Music Instruments, Vintage | 15 Comments

Conn F Mezzo Soprano Sax ~ A look back in history…

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Gandalfe

Randy Emerick, a very good friend of mine and an aficionado of saxophone (as a professional musician, instrument repair tech, and sax collector extraordinaire) send me these two blasts from the past. He knows I have played the Conn-o-sax and … Continue reading →

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New Toy: Vintage Schwinn ‘57 Wasp 26” Balloon Tire Bicycle

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Gandalfe

I recently purchased a 1957 Schwinn Wasp that I hope to ride in Redmond’s Derby Daze parade next month. Anyone else riding vintage bikes on that day let me know and we’ll hook up. The bike has nice S-2 rims, … Continue reading →

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