{"id":44863,"date":"2016-05-14T10:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=44863"},"modified":"2024-06-22T11:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T18:02:51","slug":"couesnon-bass-sax-its-a-train-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2016\/couesnon-bass-sax-its-a-train-wreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Couesnon Bass Sax: It’s A Train Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: messenbrinck on eBay.de<\/span><\/p>\n

I love vintage and antique saxophones, and if you’re reading my articles, there’s a good chance you do too. This is especially true of bass saxophones. I am especially fond of the behemoths that make the glass and metal in a room rattle when the low notes of these vintage beauties rumble out of the bell.<\/p>\n

That said, have you ever seen a horn that is so clearly past the point of saving, that you realize it’s time to call the funeral home and give the once vintage beauty a proper send-off?<\/p>\n

That might be the case for this Couesnon bass sax being sold by a seller on the German eBay site<\/a>. My first thought when I saw this horn was: Oh, it’s a vintage bass sax sold as a jigsaw puzzle….<\/p>\n

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Source: messenbrinck on eBay.de<\/span><\/p>\n

However, once I took a closer look at all the pictures, I wondered if: a. All the pieces were included, and b. What the f \"\"<\/a> exactly happened to this thing. How exactly do you get bell damage like this? We know the metal isn’t paper-thin, but it sure looks that way in the photo below.<\/p>\n

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Source: messenbrinck on eBay.de<\/span><\/p>\n