John Coltrane’s Yamaha Alto For Sale: The First $115,000 Takes It
Are you a John Coltrane fan? Do you secretly covet owning a saxophone that the man played? If so, then this Yamaha alto, currently for …
Alto Saxophone
A Very Vintage Selmer Alto Mouthpiece
On Friday I went to pick up a couple of my saxophones from my repair tech, David. Because I’m still not quite satisfied with the …
Saxophone Still Life
Every once in a while you just see a photo that speaks to you. Such was the case for me this morning, when I happened …
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Jinan Xuqiu: A Chinese Stencil Saxophone Maker
I’ve mentioned before that I get emails from companies that make stencil saxophones. Usually these companies assume that my website is a commercial one, and …
A Little Trip Down Memory-Price Lane
While looking through the news archives for interesting, historical, saxophone stories, I happened across this ad from the October 6,1937 edition of the Lewiston Evening …