A Saxophone Brooch Patent? Who Would Have Thunk It?
If you do a search for “saxophone” on eBay, on any given day you will find 20,000+ listings. Make it a worldwide search, and you …
Patents
Frankensax’s Offspring Gets Its Patent
Update June 2024: It seems that Frankensax and its Broctave key relative are extinct. But since Dr. Brockman is still around, as is his website, …
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 …
D.R.G.M.: An Early 20th Century Copyright
Update June 2024: Check the following for a current website’s explanation of this acronym. For more than 2 years now I have been researching and …
The Selmer Magni-Tone Ligature
Reeds. Love ’em or hate ’em, they are to a huge degree responsible for our sound. And while some people worship at the shrine of …