{"id":28019,"date":"2011-10-13T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=28019"},"modified":"2024-05-27T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:11:08","slug":"some-interesting-vintage-reeds-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2011\/some-interesting-vintage-reeds-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Interesting Vintage Reeds On eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

A seller from Farmington, Michigan has a stumbled upon some very interesting vintage reeds. No, not the regular brown box Ricos that some of us grew up with\u2014although he also has some of those as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No, I’m talking about some more exotic vintage reeds. Reeds that before the advent of eBay, most of us would likely have never even heard about.<\/p>\n

These reeds all appear to have come from the estate of a person who owned or worked in a music store. This is how the seller, theworldsgoods, describes where these items all come from:<\/p>\n

Pulled from long, deep storage in a suburban Detroit estate sale\u2026 the basement, no less\u2026. I will be offering up a number of vintage musical parts and accessories found in NEW \/ New Old Stock condition. I can only speculate that someone in the family owned a music store at one time and remainders came home (and then into deep storage). Most items seem to date to the 1940\u2019s and 50\u2019s (maybe even the 30\u2019s).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first reeds that I found interesting are Vibrator reeds by the Chiron company<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: theworldsgoods<\/h6>\n

This is how the seller describes these reeds:<\/p>\n

Chinon [sic] Vibrator<\/p>\n

Alto Sax Reed<\/p>\n

# 2 1\/2<\/p>\n

France<\/p>\n

Vintage original 1940\u2019s-50\u2019s<\/p>\n

Original retail package\/box<\/p>\n

Quantity: 100<\/p>\n

(Frankly, I didn\u2019t count every one. The box is marked 100. There could be a few missing. Maybe there are only 92. But it close to 100. Close to full.)<\/p>\n

Condition: New and un-used. New Old Stock. NOS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Over the years I have collected a few different ads for these Chiron Vibrator reeds. The following ad is from 1955.<\/p>\n

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

Bids for these alto sax Vibrator reeds<\/a> are to start at $24.99. The auction runs until Oct 19. There were no bids yet at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

The second vintage reed that theworldsgoods is selling, that I found interesting, is a plastic, alto “Betcha” reed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: theworldsgoods<\/h6>\n

Now I have written about these reeds before<\/a>. It was in July I happened to see both alto and tenor varieties of these “Betcha” reeds for sale on a couple of different online sites.<\/p>\n

Here is how the seller is describing the alto reed currently for sale on eBay:<\/p>\n

Betecha Plastic Reed<\/p>\n

Alto Sax<\/p>\n

#2<\/p>\n

Vintage original 1940\u2019s-50\u2019s<\/p>\n

Original retail card\/package<\/p>\n

Condition: New and un-used. New Old Stock. NOS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source: theworldsgoods<\/h6>\n

The auction for this “Betcha” alto reed<\/a> runs until October 19 as well. The bids for this vintage, plastic reed are to start at $9.99 At the time of writing there was 1 bid on this reed.<\/p>\n

The third, and last, vintage reed that I found interesting is another plastic reed. The Futurity reed was made by Maccaferri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: theworldsgoods<\/h6>\n

If you’re a regular reader of my weblog, you might remember that I wrote an article about the Maccaferri company this past summer<\/a>. It provides a some background into how the company’s founder, Mario Maccaferri, got into plastics to begin with, and plastic reeds in particular.<\/p>\n

This Futurity reed is a different type of plastic reed than the one that I discuss and illustrate in my July article<\/a>. What’s interesting to note is that the patent number stamped on the Futurity reed, is different from the one on the “Miracle” reed box<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is how the seller describes the Futurity reed that he currently selling on eBay:<\/p>\n

Maccaferri Futurity Reed<\/p>\n

Alto Sax<\/p>\n

#2 – appears to be apaper label on the reed with a #2 (not positive but seems likely)<\/p>\n

Vintage original 1940\u2019s-50\u2019s<\/p>\n

Original retail card<\/p>\n

Condition: New and un-used. New Old Stock. NOS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source: theworldsgoods<\/h6>\n

The auction for this Maccaferri Futurity reed<\/a> runs until October 19. Bids are to start at $9.99. At the time of writing there were no bids yet on this vintage, plastic alto reed.<\/p>\n

If you’re a collector of vintage reeds, there is currently a whole crop of them on eBay. (I didn’t list them all.) Make sure you check out the rest of the items that theworldsgoods<\/a> is selling. There are some interesting items there. 60+-year-old cork grease anyone<\/a>?  \":mrgreen:\"<\/p>\n

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