{"id":50726,"date":"2021-09-18T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=50726"},"modified":"2024-06-27T08:57:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:57:28","slug":"vintage-tonality-bari-by-orsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2021\/vintage-tonality-bari-by-orsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Tonality bari by Orsi (?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got contacted a couple of weeks ago by my musical colleague from Cannonball Music, Ryan Lillywhite, about a vintage bari he got in the shop. He thought perhaps I might know something about this Italian-made, stencil bari that had been perplexing him. <\/p>\n

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Italian-made bari sax stenciled Tonality Source: Ryan Lillywhite <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Italian-made bari sax stenciled Tonality Source: Ryan Lillywhite <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

The bari is stenciled Tonality, and at first blush might pass for an Orsi. However, it doesn’t really fit any of the Orsi baritone samples I have seen over the years. <\/p>\n

Although it does have many features we see in Orsi baritone saxophones, it also has many we don’t. This left me with a distinct feeling that this horn is a bit like my Gallotone tenor<\/a> that was neither a true Orsi, nor a true Rampone & Cazzani (R&C), but rather has features we see in both. <\/p>\n

Claudio, when he worked for R&C, informed me years ago he believed my Gallotone may well have originated from a smaller company that bought horn parts from multiple Italian manufacturers to make their own horns. (Full Gallotone gallery viewable in Bassic Sax Pix<\/a>.) My best guess on the origins of this Tonality bari are that it likely came from a similar smaller shop, and was made up of parts from multiple big-name brands. <\/p>\n

Known Orsi baris<\/h3>\n

Here is a refresher on what we know vintage Orsi baris looked like according to an undated catalogue from around the mid century. <\/p>\n

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