{"id":222,"date":"2008-06-18T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T19:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=222"},"modified":"2024-04-20T09:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T16:53:42","slug":"ah-the-good-old-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/ah-the-good-old-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah The Good Old Days\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was looking through the old files in my computer this AM and came across a bunch of vintage saxophone and related instrument ads that people have sent me over the years. I thought I’d share some of them here.<\/p>\n

The Buescher Tru Tone Baritone and Bass Saxophones:<\/p>\n

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Here was the Buescher’s “competition” at the time, the Conn 14M Bass Saxophone:<\/p>\n

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And check out the price of the 14M, only $235…Which according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’s Consumer Price Index Calculator<\/a>, would be $2895.20 in 2008 as compared to the original amount of $235 entered in 1925 (which I picked as an arbitrary year).<\/p>\n

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The sarrusophone was invented in the mid 1800s to compete with the saxophone as a replacement for oboes and bassoons. Although it did enjoy limited popularity for a while, the instrument has mostly faded into the history books.<\/p>\n

In the early 20th century, Conn won the contract to produce contrabass sarrusophones for the military, and sold them as a replacement for the contrabass saxophones.<\/p>\n

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The Conn-O-Sax was, as the name would suggest, built by the Conn company, during the sax-happy 1920s. The horn was pitched in the key of F, and would be described as a mezzo-soprano that could be used as a substitute for the English horn, and is played like a saxophone.<\/p>\n

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I really like these 3 old Conn and King ads. Someone sent me them to me a while ago. I’d never seen them before, so I don’t know if they’re original, or what the story on them is.<\/p>\n

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These last 4 ads are for the Selmer Mark VI when they were first introduced. First note the improvements…<\/p>\n

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Then you gotta’ love the prices….<\/p>\n

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and prices….<\/p>\n

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and more prices….<\/p>\n

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Ah, the good old days….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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