Anyone Ever Seen A Reed Protector Like This?
Anyone Ever Seen A Reed Protector Like This?

Anyone Ever Seen A Reed Protector Like This?

When I saw this on eBay, I was trying to get my head around what it was, and how a player would use it.

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The seller describes the item like this:

Here is a Vintage Keach & Greene saxophone reed “flip” cover up for bid Looks to be a alto size . Just leave it on the horn and flip it up to cover the reed .

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I’m guessing this also doubles as a ligature. (?) The protective part flips out of the way when the player is playing, and then flips back to cover the reed when the sax is not in use.

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Since I’ve never seen anything like this before, I tried Googling Keach & Greene—and various combinations containing the name—but that didn’t bring up anything other than a reference to a Conn-stencilled tenor that someone was selling.

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     Source: eBay.com

The auction for this unusual, vintage saxophone accessory, goes until February 24. Bids start at $19.99. At the time of writing, there were no bids yet on this unique reed protector/ligature.

…this is just my blog. My “real” website is www.bassic-sax.info. If you’re looking for sax info, you should check it out too.There’s lots there!

3 Comments

  1. John A.

    I have actually seen something like this. My great uncle played an old Beuscher TT and used this setup, which he later paired with his Meyer New York alto mouthpiece. Shame I never met him 🙁

    He says he one day will give this horn and mouthpiece to me…

    Can’t wait!!

  2. Update: Well this saxophone ligature/reed protector did not sell. When the auction ended there were no bids on this vintage saxophone accessory oddity.

    Oh, and BTW, the item was re-listed and that auction ended on March 3. Again no takers for the item. Weird… I would think this would have appealed to some collector out there.

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