A Hammerschmidt’s Pinkie Cluster In Detail
I have a fascination with the fine detail work that went into vintage saxophones. Keyguards, octave levers, unusual key mechanisms, and so forth, all attract …
Alto Saxophone
What Bugs You?
When I saw this photo from chris5aw, I was itching to include it on my site under the tag of saxophone art. It also really does …
Nova Wooden Saxophones
Last October I wrote a post titled, Acrylic, Polymer, & Wood Oh My!, which explored a variety of unconventional materials used in saxophone construction. One …
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Multiphonic Fingerings
I was looking for something totally unrelated, and just happened to stumble across this interesting source for multiphonic fingerings for alto saxophone, by Jason DuMars. …
Buescher Academy Alto on eBay
I noticed an interesting vintage, student model saxophone on eBay a couple of days ago. Now normally one wouldn’t use the term vintage and student …
