I happened to come across this Hammerschmidt-stencilled Genton on eBay. The eBay dealer had it in his store for close to a year before it finally sold. I found his description of the sax quite interesting. Since I don’t have my alto restored, I can’t comment on the accuracy of the tonal\u00a0description\u00a0of the horn. Nonetheless, this is a colourful insight into a Hammerschmidt alto sax:<\/p>\n
Hammerschmidt, Germany Professional Alto Saxophone, Rolled Tone Holes, REAL Pearl Buttons, Inlaid Pearl or Shell G# key, Bell Engraved with Genton, Overhauled by the Selmer Authorized Dealer, Superb Playing Condition, s\/n 06xx. This is one of the best values in professional saxophones today; the relatively unknown Hammerschmidt, Germany saxophones are almost a combination of Kohlert and Keilwerth properties. If you have never played a Hammerschmidt, this horn will change your mind, about saxophones…<\/p>\n
This horn has the dark tone of the Kohlerts, and the fliud playability that is associated with Keilwerths. Kohlert often used a ‘flame’ design on the neck of their horns, and the octave key on this horn resembles that Kohlert ’57’s and Winnenden’s. The horn has a vintage patina, and it is a bebop monster!<\/p>\n
Update for 6\/27\/08! Today I playtested this horn with a Brilhart Tonalin 3 and a La Voz Medium reed, and this set-up will take you to BeBop Nirvana! The Brilhart mouthpiece and the La Voz reed produce a HUGE sound, and the tone is totally 1950s…<\/p><\/blockquote>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
\u00a0Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n
**Please Note**<\/p>\n
Because the of the size of the various vintage saxophone galleries on my site\u2014and the lack of their searchability\u2014I have created a separate area of my site called Bassic Sax Pix<\/a>. Bassic Sax Pix allows you to find what you\u2019re looking for quickly and easily. I have therefore stopped updating the individual\u00a0Hammerschmidt and Hammerschmidt Stencil\u00a0galleries here, and have copied all of the information already contained in these galleries over to the\u00a0Hammerschmidt galleries at Bassic Sax Pix<\/a>.<\/p>\n
New\u00a0Hammerschmidt and Hammerschmidt stencil horn\u00a0images continue to be added regularly to the galleries at Bassic Sax Pix. If you are looking for photos of\u00a0Hammerschmidt stencil horns, I recommend you jump to the bigger, and more searchable galleries<\/a>. Fear not however, I will continue to add more stencil names to this list as I find them. They will just link to the new galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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