Regular brass saxophones are made up of 70% copper and 30% zinc? ¹ I’ve heard rumours that different manufacturers have added different alloys to change the …
A recent thread on Sax On The Web had me discussing the newer, stencil Hohner saxophones. I say newer because I don’t know exactly when …
Of all the strange, and now rare horns that Conn designed just prior to the Great Depression, none seem to appear for sale as often as …
Recently saxophone historian and Woodwind Forum Administrator Pete Hales, happened across this interesting post on a French blog about vintage musical instruments. The blog’s owner, René Pierre, wrote …
The other day I started my series on the bass saxophones of J’Élle Stainer. J’Élle Stainer is the Brazilian saxophone manufacturer who specializes in making …
