{"id":2899,"date":"2008-11-05T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T16:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2009-08-08T14:17:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T21:17:49","slug":"1-of-only-3-straight-baritone-saxes-up-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/1-of-only-3-straight-baritone-saxes-up-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Of Only 3 Straight Baritone Saxes Up For Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A week or so ago a was reading SOTW, and I came across a For Sale listing<\/a> that immediately caught my attention. I was going to\u00a0PM the seller, but then I realized that someone (a member of the Woodwind Forum<\/a> & reader of my blog) had already beat me to it.<\/p>\n

Peter Nixon<\/a>, of Brisbane, Australia, was selling one of the 2 straight baritone saxophones he had\u00a0created using Amati donor horns. The one for sale is black, keyed to low Bb, and is the second straight baritone he has made. BTW, the first is keyed to low A, is red, and is owned by Dr. Jay Easton<\/a>\u00a0of Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n

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Oh well, I take\u00a0comfort in the fact the the Cdn. dollar wasn’t great at the time, and that I know this rare bari is going to great home. I hope that Randy enjoys\u00a0his\u00a0new sax when it arrives. I’m sending positive thoughts\u00a0for\u00a0its safe journey from Oz.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If\u00a0you’re interested in learning more about the history of straight baritone saxophones, you can check out what Pete wrote for\u00a0Saxpics.com<\/a>, about the Buescher Company’s 1931 custom-made\u00a0straight bari,\u00a0as well as\u00a0Peter Nixon’s Amati customization work.<\/p>\n

And just as an interesting aside, the straight baritones\u00a0of Peter Nixon are\u00a0currently featured in the 2008 TheSax.Info Calendar<\/a>, (formerly known as the saxpics.com calendar) available through\u00a0Pete’s Lulu Store Front<\/a>. (The 2009 calendar is coming out soon as well.)<\/p>\n

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