A G.H. Hüller Olymp Tenor For Auction

I noticed a lovely, vintage, G.H. Hüller tenor, circa 1930s, on the German eBay site this morning. What makes this horn interesting, is that it not only carries a model name—many G.H. Hüller saxophones do not have model names engraved on them—but it also appears to be in really good condition.

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This tenor is an Olymp model saxophone, and was 1 of the 4 models that G.H. Hüller was building during the 1930s. Note that it has the D resonance key, to help with the stuffiness of D2. This is of course also something we see in the Holton Rudy Wiedoeft model.

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These G.H. Hüller saxes had the eyebrow key guards that we also know from Hohner, King, Hammerschmidt, and Werner Roth (WERO).

The seller is not a saxophone player, and describes the horn like this:

Ihr bietet hier auf

1 altes

G.H. HÜLLER Olymp

Tenor Saxophon!

Das Instrument stammt vmtl. aus den 30-er Jahren und

ist für sein Alter in einem recht guten Zustand!

Natürlich sind Gebrauchsspuren und

ein paar kleine Dellen vorhanden.

Das Saxophon war noch vor 2 Wochen beim Fachmann und

wurde dort gecheckt – anbei 1 pic vom Reparaturschein!

Da ich kein Fachmann für solche Instrumente bin,

habe ich einige Fotos mehr angehängt und

sende auch gerne noch gewünschte Detailbilder….

Sicher 1 interessantes Instrument für Liebhaber….

Helen translate says…. 😉

You are bidding on 1, old, G.H. Hüller Olymp tenor saxophone.

This instrument is most likely from the 1930s, and for its age, is in very good condition.

Naturally there are some wear marks and a few small dents present.

Two weeks ago the saxophone was checked over by a specialist. A photo of the repair bill is included here.

Since I’m not a specialist in these instruments, I’ve attached a number of photos, and will also be happy to send detailed photos.

Certainly this is an interesting instrument for enthusiasts.

The repair bill looks like this:

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Now I admit, the first one does make me wonder a bit: “Tonloch ausgerichtet”, means tone hole straightened or aligned. Since this sax has rolled tone holes, I’m always a bit concerned when unknown techs started working on these delicate bits of a horn.

The rest of the repair bill is pretty basic:

• 2 pads
• 1 spring
• application of oil to the moving parts
• set-up

The rest of the photos show a sax that does appear to be in very nice condition.

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If you’re interested in comparing this Olymp tenor to more G.H. Hüller saxophones, check out the G.H. Hüller gallery in Bassic Sax Pix. If you’d like to know more about the company in general, or learn the names of the other 3 models produced during the 1930s, check out the G.H. Hüller page on the main portion of my site.

The auction for this Olymp tenor runs until June 17. At the time of writing there were 6 bids on this sax already, with the high bid being €51.00. My prediction: It will go quite a bit higher.