{"id":20917,"date":"2010-08-23T09:51:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=20917"},"modified":"2011-04-13T22:33:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T05:33:04","slug":"a-dorfler-jorka-impala-tenor-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/a-dorfler-jorka-impala-tenor-up-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"A D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka Impala Tenor Up For Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago German sax tech Uwe Ladwig<\/a> informed me that he had stumbled across yet another stencil name for D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka saxophones. Like the brand name Corvair<\/em>, this sax\u00a0too shared\u00a0its name with\u00a0an American car: Impala<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This morning I was checking out the German eBay site and I happened to come across one of these D&J-made Impala saxophones<\/a>. This silver plated tenor is in desperate need of an overhaul, and has clearly not been played for quite some time.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

The seller describes the sax like this:<\/p>\n

(I’ll give you the original German because it’s short, and then the translated version)<\/p>\n

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TENOR SAXOPHON IMPALA<\/p>\n

Marke: “IMPALA”<\/p>\n

gemarkt: Nr. 16376 – Made in Western Gemany<\/p>\n

L. 83cm<\/p>\n

ohne Koffer<\/p>\n

ungepr\u00fcft und mit Spuren der Zeit, m\u00fcsste \u00fcberholt und hergerichtet werden, ansonst ordentlicher original Zustand<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The translated version goes like this:<\/p>\n

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Tenor Saxophone Impala<\/p>\n

Brand Name: “Impala”<\/p>\n

Marked: No. 16376 – Made in Western German.<\/p>\n

83 cm Long<\/p>\n

No Case<\/p>\n

Has not been tested, and shows its age. It will need an overhaul, but otherwise decent original condition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

I don’t imagine that green growth like this would\u00a0be on the keys if the sax was being played regularly. \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

The decorative pearl is missing on the low C key guard.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

I wonder why the stamping Made In Western Germany<\/em> is so worn looking. Even the numbers look a bit hinky.<\/p>\n

Although admittedly the stamping on the back of my lacquered D&J De Villiers<\/a> isn’t fabulous either, which had lead to someone who only had seen the pictures on-line to speculate\u00a0that the horn might be\u00a0a relac. It isn’t.<\/p>\n

Since then I’ve noticed this to be a pattern on\u00a0other D&J horns. Here is the stamping on an Artist #300 alto<\/a>, on a Clinton alto<\/a>, a Ren\u00e9 Dumont Tenor<\/a>, and finally on a Voss Tenor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The engraving on this Impala appears to be original\u2014as it does on all the saxes from my D&J Gallery<\/a> that I’ve linked to above\u2014so perhaps the flaw lies in however D&J applied the stamping on the back of their body tubes.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

This is\u00a0quite possibly\u00a0the original ligature and cap\u2014and perhaps even mouthpiece\u2014that came with the horn. A Roxy alto that sold on eBay<\/a> in October ’09 had the same cap and lig. It came with its original accessories.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

The original D&J neck tightening screw has been replaced at some point in time. The round thumb screw<\/a> is gone, and a conventional one is now in its place.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Source: eBay.de<\/h6>\n

The private auction for this D\u00f6rfler & J\u00f6rka Impala Tenor runs until August 26. At the time of writing there were 33 bids on the horn, with the high bid being \u20ac181.00. XE.com<\/a> tells me that that’s $229.40 US at this precise moment in time.<\/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>\n<\/div>\n
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