{"id":34140,"date":"2012-10-02T10:46:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=34140"},"modified":"2024-06-02T18:16:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T01:16:30","slug":"vintage-saxophones-play-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/vintage-saxophones-play-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"Just What Kind Of Music Did Our Vintage Saxophones Play When They Were First Sold?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a vintage horn player, have you ever wondered just what kind of music your horn was originally built for? Sure, we might use vintage horns for jazz, blues, or rock now, but in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, instrument designers and companies were building saxophones for very different kinds of music.<\/p>\n

Take for example, the Special Zephyr made by the H.N. White Co. When they went about marketing their King Special Zephs, their market of professional players were playing very different styles of music to what pros of today play.<\/p>\n

In this very interesting ad from 1940 that I saw on eBay<\/a>, the H.N. White Co. is touting its relationship with one of the hot bands of the day. The Tommy Tucker Orchestra was a popular big band, which entertained listeners and dancers for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n

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     Source: ANTIQUE~GRAPHIQUE<\/h6>\n

The Man Who Comes Around<\/em> was more than a marketing slogan for the H.N. White Co. It was a tie-in to a title of a very popular Tommy Tucker song from 1939.<\/p>\n