An early Klingson sax with eyebrows
After not writing about Hammerschmidt saxophones for years, I now find myself doing two back-to-back posts about the relatively uncommon brand of German saxophone from …
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Hammerschmidt octave patent
German patent application Background Summery Figure 1 Figure 2 Patent claims Photos of Hammerschmidt octave vents 1961 Hammerschmidt catalogue page & description Other companies’ inventions: …
Hammerschmidt tenor by F.X. Hüller
As I was perusing the Net this morning, I happened across what I at first thought was a unicorn: A Hammerschmidt-made saxophone from the company’s …
Vintage sax: Perfect First Class
Over the past few days, as I was re-tooling both landing pages for this Bassic Sax Blog, and its corresponding Bassic Sax website, I looked …
Olds Super Tenor: A Progress Report
My Olds Super tenor as been at David’s shop for just over a couple of weeks now, and he is working hard at restoring this …
