{"id":6836,"date":"2013-09-17T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T23:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=6836"},"modified":"2021-10-27T17:45:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:45:03","slug":"veb-blechblas-und-signal-instrumenten-fabrik-bs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/european-made-saxes\/veb-blechblas-und-signal-instrumenten-fabrik-bs\/","title":{"rendered":"VEB Blechblas- und Signal-Instrumenten-Fabrik (B&S)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Blue label” alto saxophone by B&S Serial # ?. Source: Mark Wiseman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The VEB Blechblas- und Signal-Instrumenten-Fabrik (B&S), was created on January 1, 1953. It was formed through the merger of 3 VEBs: the S\u00e4chsische Musikinstrumentenfabrik (formerly Ernst He\u00df Nachf.); the Signal-Instrumenten-Fabrik Markneukirchen (Max B. Martin); and the Vogtl\u00e4ndische Etuifabrik Adorf (Walther).<\/p>\n

VEB means Volkseigener Betrieb<\/em>, the legal form of an industrial enterprise in East Germany. These were publicly owned and were routinely combined with other organizational units called Kombinate. The English term for a VEB would be people-owned enterprise, or literally, National Corporation<\/em>.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

In 1974 3 more firms came under the B&S umbrella, these were: Sonora (formerly Oscar Adler<\/a>); Spezial-Holzblasinstrumente Markneukirchen (M\u00f6nnig); and Holzblasinstrumente Sch\u00f6neck (G. H. H\u00fcller<\/a>). Finally in 1984, the 7th, and final, firm was added to B&S: Sinfonia.<\/p>\n

This section of my site deals with the horns of the VEB Blechblas- und Signal-Instrumenten-Fabrik (B&S). Although the VEB made saxophones under a great many names\u2014especially when it came to stencils\u2014this section will focus on the main saxophones that B&S produced, and includes the following sections:<\/p>\n

Akustik<\/a><\/p>\n

Weltklang<\/a><\/p>\n

Weltklang Baritone Saxophones<\/a><\/p>\n

Weltklang promotional folder from 1980<\/a> – contains all the saxes and brass winds Weltklang was manufacturing at the time.<\/p>\n

B&S (“Blue Label”)<\/a><\/p>\n

Weltklang vs Blue Label Baritones<\/a><\/p>\n

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1<\/sup> Source: The Free Dictionary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The VEB Blechblas- und Signal-Instrumenten-Fabrik (B&S), was created on January 1, 1953. It was formed through the merger of 3 VEBs: the S\u00e4chsische Musikinstrumentenfabrik (formerly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7060,"parent":96,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6836","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t