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<\/a>Common sense would lead one to believe that Standard is simply the model name. However, F.X. H\u00fcller didn’t make a “Standard” model.<\/p>\n
All the research that I have done to date indicates that the company only made five models. In order of least to most expensive these models were the: Professional, Champion, World, World Super, and the World De Luxe.1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n If Standard was not a model name, was it a stencil? Sure there are things like American Standard (King), Standard Artists (Martin), and Buescher stencilled a sax for E.K. Blessing in a Standard model as well. However, in the latter case, the Blessing name appeared on the bell as well.<\/p>\n Does anyone know of a stencil horn with only Standard engraved on it any nothing else? If you do, please chime in below with a comment.<\/p>\n Model or stencil, in order to confirm that this horn was indeed made by F.X. H\u00fcller, we need to take a look at the features it has and compare\/contrast it to known H\u00fcller horns.<\/p>\n Jos has done a great job researching the F.X. H\u00fcller brand<\/a>, and breaking them down into their different periods of production. He has also identified many stencil names that originated in the F.X. H\u00fcller workshops. All his pages are richly illustrated with photos of some of the most lovely saxophones that H\u00fcller built, and numerous catalogues from the 20s and 30s.<\/p>\n When I compare the following photos to everything that Jos has researched, what we are left with are some conclusions noted below the pics themselves….<\/p>\n Since F.X. H\u00fcller didn’t engrave their name on their horns, only the model names, we really have no idea if this Standard was ordered by some company with that particular engraving\u2014which would make sense\u2014or if this just happens to be some model that has been hiding in an attic for years, waiting to be re-discovered when its owner died.<\/p>\n We do know that F.X. H\u00fcller did provided stencils to companies like Hammerschmidt, Oskar Oehler and G. Rudolf Uebel, as well as wholesalers such as Hess, C.A. Wunderlich, Johannes Adler and Paul Beuscher.2<\/sup><\/a> Those stencil names ranged from the famous to the obscure and included: Klingson, Melody, Varsity, Girlanden, Benny Carter, Regent, ROA (Robert Oswald Adler), M.M. Masterhand, Queen, Magna, New Star, Gold Star, Zenit, as well Emperor Virtuose.<\/p>\n It has been suggested by a knowledgeable F.X. H\u00fcller owner, that despite the fact that Professional models were discontinued by Phase 3, that this Standard is actually a stencil of their Professional model\u2014and a transitional horn at that. However, if you compare the features that this Standard has to what the Professional model was supposed to have, this Standard still comes up short:<\/p>\n Late-model Professional features:<\/p>\n Denotes features on the Standard<\/span><\/p>\n Personally, I’m not seeing it. To me this doesn’t look like a transitional horn.<\/p>\n To me it looks like some company, somewhere, wanted an inexpensive, less complex saxophone, and they asked F.X. H\u00fcller to build it for them. Yes, it was in during Phase 3 of the company’s saxophone development phase, but to me this horn looks like a horn that could have been ordered from almost anyone.<\/p>\n F.X. H\u00fcller had some incredible innovations, and built some of Germany’s best saxophones during this period of time. Why would anyone have them build a sax that was so devoid of features? I wonder if whatever company ordered it, also ordered horns with more features\u2014such as the copyrighted Menge System<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you browse through German mail order catalogues from the time, it was very common to see no-name saxophones made by unknown manufacturers. For example, in the following 1939 Meinel & Herold catalogue there are a variety of saxophones shown, but no manufacturers listed; only model names. (Those on p. 25 don’t even show those.) Only the Solisten alto and tenor on p. 26 are easily identifiable as G.H. H\u00fcller horns<\/a> through their Mercedes-style key guards, and overall appearance and style.<\/p>\n It strikes me that this F.X. H\u00fcller Standard tenor saxophone in question may well have originated through one of these mail order businesses, and that whatever company ordered it, very likely may have ordered a more expensive model as well.<\/p>\n Whatever the origins of this F.X. H\u00fcller Standard tenor saxophone, Sven has an interesting horn there. In his email to me he mentioned that his sax instructor is impressed by the instrument’s sound and build. This is not surprising, because from everything I have ever read about the brand, F.X. H\u00fcller made some Graslitz’s best horns.<\/p>\n I want to thank Sven for sharing the photos of his horn<\/a>, and allowing me to use them in this article.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/a><\/p>\n 1<\/sup> This is confirmed by multiple sources including:<\/p>\n German saxophonist and saxophone historian Uwe Ladwig in his book: Saxophone: Ein Kompendium<\/em>, 2nd edition, p. 120.<\/p>\n G\u00fcnter Dullat, German specialist author on saxophones, in his book: Faszination Saxophon: Der Saxophonbau auf deutschprachigem Gebiet<\/em>, 1st edition 2016, pp. 175-183. This book was part of the special exhibition held by the Musikinstrumenten-Museum Markneukirchen, which featured over 100 saxophones that were made in Germany and German-speaking regions.<\/a><\/p>\nHow to ID an F.X. H\u00fcller saxophone<\/h3>\n
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F.X. H\u00fcller Standard: model or stencil, we are left to postulate<\/h3>\n
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Alright, let’s just speculate wildly, shall we?<\/h3>\n
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