{"id":2907,"date":"2010-05-17T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T23:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=2907"},"modified":"2013-01-22T16:21:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T23:21:25","slug":"embassy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/european-made-saxes\/pierret\/pierret-galleries\/embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Embassy Alto<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Serial #: 2286<\/p>\n<p>Finish: Lacquer with nickel plated keys<\/p>\n<p>This alto was the first Embassy model Pierret that I&#8217;ve seen. (I&#8217;ve since documented more in <a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/4images\/categories.php?cat_id=66\" target=\"_blank\">Bassic Sax Pix<\/a>.)\u00a0 It\u00a0bears a striking resemblance to the saxophones that Pierret stencilled for\u00a0the\u00a0F.E. Olds &amp; Sons company. Specifically, it looks a lot like both the\u00a0Olds\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/european-made-saxes\/pierret\/pierret-galleries\/olds-stencil-saxes\">Parisian<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/4images\/categories.php?cat_id=1575\" target=\"_blank\">Ambassador<\/a> models. The mother of pearl on the left thumb rest, gives it a\u00a0slightly stronger resemblance\u00a0to these, than to the less expense <a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/4images\/categories.php?cat_id=72\" target=\"_blank\">Parisian Ambassador<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although at this point this is pure speculation, it is possible that the Embassy model was made concurrently by Pierret while they stencilled the Olds saxophones.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Source: eBay.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check the <a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/4images\/categories.php?cat_id=21\" target=\"_blank\">Pierret Gallery on Bassic Sax Pix<\/a>. Any new Embassy photos I come across while be uploaded to there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embassy Alto Serial #: 2286 Finish: Lacquer with nickel plated keys This alto was the first Embassy model Pierret that I&#8217;ve seen. (I&#8217;ve since documented&hellip;<\/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-2907","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P30OPe-KT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2907\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}