Getting real on Selmer sax prices
Arguably one of the most divisive things in the online saxophone community over the past 20 years has become the name Selmer—and specifically how …
Selmer Super Balanced Action
Vintage gear ads: Part 2
A number of months ago I started a new series featuring vintage gear ads. I had scanned these from vintage trade rags that I had …
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The Italian Saxophobia Project
In the central Italian province of Rome, is a town called Fiumicino. There you’ll find the Centro Studi Musicali Torre in Pietra (CSMT). According to their website—that is only …
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Saxophones’ Not-So Boring Appendages
Our local Artist In Residence over on the Woodwind Forum, wrote a brilliantly crafted post on 2 of the perhaps most taken-for-granted features of saxophones: the thumb rest …
