{"id":37391,"date":"2013-05-06T09:59:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=37391"},"modified":"2024-06-08T09:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T16:04:15","slug":"a-sea-of-saxophones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2013\/a-sea-of-saxophones\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sea Of Saxophones"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning while I was perusing Flickr, I happening across a photo that was so aptly named, that it stopped me dead in my virtual tracks. Martyn Hutchby’s, A sea of saxaphones <\/em>[sic]\u2014OK, so he got the spelling wrong, he was probably just too damn excited by the amount of sax-shaped brass in front of him\u2014literally depicts a sea of saxophones on display in the brick and mortar store of Sax.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A sea of saxophones<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photography by: Martyn Hutchby<\/a>   Source: Flickr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t really know much about Sax.co.uk, and have only been to their website once or twice before this morning. The company purports to be: “The World’s Leading Saxophone Specialist”. Although in my mind I associate them most closely with being a Vibratosax dealer, their saxophone brands pages<\/a> show an incredible variety of makes and models to choose from.<\/p>\n

Sure they sell Vibratosax, but Sax.co.uk also sells every major brand of saxophone on the planet, and some minor name brands as well. The current listing of the brands they sell include: P. Mauriat, Yanagisawa, Selmer Paris, Yamaha, Signature Custom, Rampone & Cazzani, Forestone, Antigua, Bauhaus Walstein, Benedikt Eppelsheim, Buffet, Elkhart, Jupiter, Keilwerth, Sax.co, Selmer USA, and Trevor James.<\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but with a section like this, despite my being a vintage horn player, I could probably spent a few days at the store just playing the various tenors. Add some baritones into the mix, and I’d likely be there a week. The owners of Sax.co.uk would likely be charging me rent. \":mrgreen:\"<\/p>\n

If anyone here has ever been to Sax.co.uk, and has seen their sea of saxophones first hand, I’d love to hear from you. I think it would be an awesome sight, and perhaps an expensive one. I think a person would really have to check their G.A.S. at the door, and leave their bank cards at home. \"\"<\/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><\/div>\n
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