{"id":8468,"date":"2015-10-30T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=8468"},"modified":"2021-01-02T10:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T12:28:53","slug":"series-2001","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/modern-saxes\/vogtlandische-musikinstrumentenfabrik-gmbh-markneukirchen-vmi\/series-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Series 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Series<\/a>
2001 Series alto # 012660 Source: doctorsax.biz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n
Models & Finish Options<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Alto<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Tenor<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Baritone<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Finish Options<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Improvements Over the Production Run<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
\u2013 IV \u2013<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Adjustable Palm Keys<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
Strathmann Non-stick G# Key<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n
B&S Non-stick G# Key<\/a><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It was with the newly designed, pro-model Series 2001 that VMI made its d\u00e9but onto the world stage as a quality saxophone manufacturer. The 2001 was not your father’s B&S saxophone, and had shed any vestiges of the B&S blue label<\/a> or Weltklang<\/a> horns.<\/p>\n

The Series 2001 made its d\u00e9but in 1991, just two years after Germany’s reunification, and the company’s transition from state-owned VEB Blechblas- und Signal-Instrumented-Fabrik (B&S),<\/a> to Vogtl\u00e4ndische Musikinstrumentenfabrik GmbH Markneukirchen (VMI). B&S continued making, and improving, the model until it ceased all saxophone production in 2005.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Yes, you read that correctly. Many people seem to think that when the Medusa came along that the Series 2001 production was halted. That is in fact incorrect. These horns were still made all throughout the Medusa’s production run. We might not have seen them through dealers in North America2<\/a><\/sup>, but there is a big old world out there, and B&S obviously sold them to countries outside this continent.<\/a><\/p>\n

Series 2001 models and finish options<\/h2>\n

The information on the Series 2001 is quite limited, and I have come across virtually nothing from dealers, or other reputable sources, that outline the features of these instruments. The information in the following sections was cobbled together through the very generous help of Dave Kessler<\/a>, who provided me with his B&S materials and images, as well as German saxophonist, author, and sax historian, Uwe Ladwig3<\/a><\/sup>. It was with their assistance that I was able gather some of they key information about what made the Series 2001 such a pivotal saxophone for B&S.<\/p>\n

The Series 2001 by B&S was available in alto, tenor, and baritone versions.<\/p>\n

N.b. It should be noted here that the new B&S did not<\/strong><\/span> make any professional model soprano saxophones. You can argue amongst yourselves if the old B&S models (blue label<\/a> or Weltklang<\/a>) were pro model horns or not.<\/a><\/p>\n

Alto saxophones<\/h3>\n
\"Series<\/a>
Alto # 00667 Source: deadeyegirl2012 on eBay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n