My Saxy Roomates

I woke up this morning feeling very rested, after a very long drive to Seattle yesterday. The border lineup was crazy! It took me 90 minutes in line at Sumas, to talk to a US Customs Officer for 90 seconds. Wow!

Anyways…Then it was off for a nearly 3 hour drive to Seattle. Two things worked against me: the torential rain which came down virtually the entire trip & the traffic, generated by the outlet stores, that plugged up the Interstate for miles before and after the exits.

However I persevered, and just before 7pm I arrived at Jim & Suzy’s house. I was promptly greeted by Jim, Suzy, and their 2 dogs…The older of which started barking at me immediatly (she is not fond of strangers apparently).  

Jim and I spent the pm talking sax & I got to see his lovely collection of horns. I honked around on some of his babies. I did try the low A Eppie. Beautiful horn. It will be nice to play it for real a bit this week. I also did try the soprillo. I did manage a C3 on it, which given that I tried it for about 30 seconds, was not too bad. I would like to play it up against a tuner later this week just for fun, to see how bad my tuning is! From what I heard, I think I was at least 30 cents sharp on most notes & a good 50 on the B3 and C3. (Although for all I know, I could have been out an entire semi-tone or tone for that matter, since I have no reference points for that horn.)

When Jim showed me to the suite downstairs that will be my home for the next week, I was surprised to see his 1921 Buescher bass sitting at the foot of my bed. He put it there for me so I could play it anytime I wanted. He also brought in the Herb Couf Superba I that I will be using Sunday at the Dissonance show at the Ballard Locks.

This AM while he went to work, I took a couple photos of my roommates. They were very quiet overnight. I think this afternoon and this pm they will be louder though. We have the rehearsal for Dissonance at 7:00.

    Buescher True Tone bass & H. Couf Superba I tenor belonging to Jim Glass.  

    Down the bell of the Buescher bass.

    Bell/body brace on the Couf tenor.