{"id":1548,"date":"2009-11-11T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T00:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=1548"},"modified":"2013-01-22T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T06:08:31","slug":"super-artiste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/european-made-saxes\/pierret\/pierret-galleries\/super-artiste\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Artiste"},"content":{"rendered":"

Super Artiste Alto<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial #: 1040
\nFinish: Lacquer<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Artiste Tenor<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial #: 1985
\nFinish: Lacquer<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Artiste Alto<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial #: 2360
\nFinish: Lacquer<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Artiste Baritone<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial #: 25XX
\nFinish: Lacquer<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n

Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Artiste Alto<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial #: 12708
\nFinish: Silver plate<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n

Source: eBay.fr<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Artiste Alto<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial #: 140XX
\nFinish:\u00a0Silver plate<\/p>\n

Or this might be nickel plate. It’s hard to tell; the photos are so small.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\n

Source: eBay.pl<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Artiste 47 Tenor<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial #?
\nFinish: Silver plate<\/p>\n

I have never seen a Super Artiste with a numeric designation. I don’t know what it means. It is yet another Pierret mystery.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n

Source: Bo Meyer<\/span><\/p>\n

Be sure to check the Pierret Gallery on Bassic Sax Pix<\/a>. Any new Super Artiste photos I come across while be uploaded to there. (And there are lots!)<\/p>\n

This model is by far and away the most common Pierret saxophone that appears for sale on the popular online sites. I’ve often wondered why. Did Pierret make more Super Artistes than any other models? I’m guessing they did. We know that the patent for the horn was issued in 1953. Since the company ceased operations in circa. 1972, it’s quite likely that these horns were produced for nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n

The other thing I’ve often wondered about, is why is it that so many of these horns\u2014and this question extends to all newer model Pierrets\u2014have been beaten up so badly? Many of them seem to have suffered from bad owners. Did they sell for cheap, so people thought they were junk and thus abused them? I don’t think so. Sure they didn’t sell for the price of a Selmer Mark VI, but come on, what the hell were people thinking? These weren’t cheap, student model horns. These were pro model saxophones. Weird… I don’t get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Super Artiste Alto Serial #: 1040 Finish: Lacquer Source: eBay.com Super Artiste Tenor Serial #: 1985 Finish: Lacquer Source: eBay.com Super Artiste Alto Serial #:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":1815,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1548","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t