(Helen) These horns all have something in common: they come from either China or Taiwan, and from unknown manufacturers. Unlike the vintage saxophones made by the American companies of yesteryear, or European companies like J. Keilwerth and Pierret, today's Asian-made saxophones are cloaked in secrecy.

Who makes these horns? Most times this is not known, and many dealers won't tell you who their stencil manufacturer is. Why this secrecy? That's a really good question. Dealers give all kinds of supposed reasons for this secrecy, but none really make sense when you consider that in the past, a horn's pedigree was not classified as "need to know only basis".

In any event, given the amount of these horns that are flooding the marketplace, I thought it was fitting that at least a few of them end up in this gallery.

  • front view front view
  • neck left side in socket neck left side in socket
  • left palm keys left palm keys
  • left thumb rest octave lever left thumb rest octave lever
  • back side of left pinkie cluster back side of left pinkie cluster
  • neck right side in socket neck right side in socket
  • octave mechanism octave mechanism
  • low c key mechanism low c key mechanism
  • bell engraving left side bell engraving left side
  • right side lower portion right side lower portion
  • serial no. 2006xxx serial no. 2006xxx
  • left hand keys left hand keys
  • upper half front view upper half front view
  • in case in case
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