Then the instrument here above should be even older and to be honest: I doubt that.The various chatgroups about the different marks and sometimes obscure builders.
I frequently get questions about where to find information about saxophones and their makers. ![]() Besides that, several producers had contracts with a wide spread dealer field not to sell any of their saxophones to other dealers. That resulted in putting other names on an in fact the same instrument. This was the way to expand the business avoiding a justice cause. In fact I doubt that: Why would a factory change machinery and use of materials in order to produce a different quality. Dealers are ordering instruments because of the quality a factory provides Another source could be This site contains the name of a lot of manufacturers. ![]() As a model to be copied Adler used an instrument of the french (Paris) builder Gautrot, which instrument had been lent out to him by a Museum in Markneukirchen in 1901 (Now the Musikinstrumentenmuseum) This was the first Saxophone to be built in Germany. Ida Maria Grassi Saxophone S Serial Number But AllreadyWhat surprised me were two things: The early serial number but allready only one octave key. This instrument has been played intensively and can really be seen as a piece of history. Wether or not the instruments were high class or just immediate, Adler simply putted on a shield with its name on it. Both of these gentlemen made saxophones for Adler in their own workshop after having built instruments for Kohlert for a few years. With this horn, the German craftsman have taken it to a new level. Lets go back to what I found on the internet with many thanks for the author: For those of you who havnt heard or played a BS Sax.I reference it to a Selmer. This sax is definitely comparable feel and tone wise and can go from smoke and sultry to getting that big bore post bop Joe Henderson mean sound. It is many a players opinion that it is a better made horn than most of the Japanese made counterparts. Feels like a vintage horn because it is. This is not to be confused with one of the recent BS stencil models. Look for BS BLue Label Alto or Tenor and see what players have to say about them. This label can be seen on the second picture: The Bell to body construction. The first German saxophone was built in 1901 in Markneukirchen, and by the 1920s, they were being sold all over the world. Today, this tradition lies in the hands of Vogtlandische Musikinstrumentenfabrik GmbH, who as well as continuing the handcraft traditions, also works towards developing new and innovative ideas together with leading saxophone players and specialists from around the world, including Wolf Codera and Dave Guardala. Doubts are where it is built: In Klingenthal or Markneukirchen.
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