{"id":1880,"date":"2008-10-03T07:40:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T14:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:51:09","slug":"acme-saxophones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/acme-saxophones\/","title":{"rendered":"Acme Saxophones"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I jokingly wrote a line in a post that went like this:<\/p>\n

We’ve all seen the ads on eBay that read something like this (and usually always in capital letters because we have to be yelled at to get the point I guess): RARE, ONE OF A KIND, VINTAGE, ACME SAXOPHONE. JUST LIKE WYLIE E. COYOTE USED AGAINST THE ROADRUNNER. FELL OF THE BACK OF THE PICK UP. BUT IT’S OK NOW!!! BUY IT NOW PRICE ONLY $2500!!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I thought I was making something up. I had no idea that there was ever a saxophone made and marketed under the name of “Acme”. Well yesterday, after replying to a comment from a reader, I found out differently, when he sent me a link to an Acme tenor currently up for auction on eBay<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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    Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

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    Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

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    Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

Now I’ll be the first to admit when I don’t know something. When it comes to vintage saxes, while I do know a lot, there’s quite a bit that I don’t know, and obviously Acme is something that slipped past my radar screen altogether.<\/p>\n

After a bit of research yesterday morning, I found out that Acme was indeed a stencil made by the French saxophone maker Malerne. Through saxpics.com I found a gallery of Acme saxophone photos<\/a>, which would indicate that this horn is indeed a Malerne stencil.<\/p>\n

I have managed to find very little information about the Malerne brand of saxophones however. According to Pete, the man formerly known as Sax Pics, Malerne’s pro lines were the Buffet Dynaction and Super Dynaction. Therefore anything with the Malerne name itself, or a stencil name such as Acme, was a non-pro horn.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, there is also a fully restored Acme alto for sale on eBay<\/a> at the moment as well.  <\/p>\n

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    Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

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    Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

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    Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

SOTW does have a section dedicated<\/a> to the Malerne, but it is thin on information, and there is nothing really about Acme, except a thread from 2003<\/a> located in the misc brand section.<\/p>\n

I can’t help it, despite now knowing that there really was an Acme saxophone, in my mind I still mostly associate the name Acme<\/em> with this guy…<\/p>\n

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I guess I’m just a product of too many Saturday AMs watching the Bugs Bunny & Road Runner Show.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n
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