{"id":21797,"date":"2010-10-17T10:13:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T17:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=21797"},"modified":"2011-05-08T08:42:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T15:42:51","slug":"particularly-sad-looking-hohner-president-tenor-for-auction-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/particularly-sad-looking-hohner-president-tenor-for-auction-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Particularly Sad Looking Hohner President Tenor For Auction On eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I found this rather\u00a0rough looking specimen of a Hohner President up for auction on eBay<\/a>. About the only thing that is remarkable about this sax\u2014other than the damage it has sustained\u2014is the fact that it is the first lacquer model that I’ve seen. Until now I’ve seen either 2 tone or silver plated Presidents.<\/p>\n

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

The seller is not a sax player, therefore apparently can’t shed any light onto this horn’s background, and can only tell us this:<\/p>\n

I know nothing about a sax, just picked this up at an estate sale. Took lot of pictures. I do know it needs some repairs and to be refurbished but overall horn looks good. No mouthpiece. Horn reads: Hohner President. On back has Hohner trademark and numbers 6079. At the top reads: GES. – GESCH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alrighty then. Let’s take a look at what good<\/em> means to this seller.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the photos he\/she has included are quite small, and not particularly clear, so details are hard to make out. However, there are certain details that are very easy to see.<\/p>\n

According to the serial number chart on SaxPics<\/a>, this tenor\u2014serial # 6079\u2014is circa 1957.<\/p>\n

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

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

It appears to me like the D# trill key has been bent up. It normally is much closer to the body tube like in this photo of tenor 7678<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just to be sure it wasn’t an optical illusion due to the angle of the photo, I looked at my own tenor, and stood at the same angle that this photo was taken at. The end of the D# trill key did not look like it was bent upward on my sax. This horn has a bent key.<\/p>\n

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

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

In this\u00a0photo you can see not only\u00a0is one of the left pinkie cluster keys\u2014it’s the C# key\u2014not attached, but there is some significant neck damage as well.<\/p>\n

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

The upper octave key is broken off midway to the octave key vent. Also, it appears that there is a piece missing at the tenon. It was\u00a0most likely\u00a0removed.<\/p>\n

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

Hohner President saxophones had true double socket necks. And as such, their necks fit into the double socket of the body tube, as illustrated in this photo of my tenor 104XX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this photo of tenor 7678’s neck<\/a>, you can see what an original Hohner neck looks like. There\u00a0is no sleeve on the President’s tenon, whereas on this eBay horn’s neck there is evidence that a sleeve was removed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is clearly not\u00a0the original neck\u2014and let’s not forget its octave key is broken off.<\/p>\n

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

The auction for this Hohner President tenor, which needs the help of a very skilled repair tech\u2014and perhaps a new neck\u2014ends on October 19. At the time of writing there was 1 bid of $24.99 on this sax.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to find out more about Hohner saxophones, check out\u00a0my page about the brand<\/a> on the main portion of my site. There you’ll also find a link\u00a0to my\u00a0Hohner Gallery<\/a>.<\/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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