{"id":864,"date":"2009-08-16T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=864"},"modified":"2021-01-06T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T12:49:16","slug":"vintage-orsi-catalogue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/vintage-ads\/vintage-orsi-catalogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Orsi Catalogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/minifun7.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/bass-sax-info\/minifun7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/minifun7.jpg?fit=69%2C88&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"69,88\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"minifun7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/minifun7.jpg?fit=69%2C88&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-475\" title=\"minifun7\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/minifun7.jpg?resize=69%2C88\" alt=\"\" width=\"69\" height=\"88\"><\/a><br \/>\nIn spring of 2009, I was contacted by a fellow in Europe who happened to stumble across my blog, and noticed that I had written several articles about vintage Orsi stencil horns. He was kind enough to send me PDF copies of the saxophone pages of a vintage Orsi catalogue. Unfortunately he did not know when the catalogue might have been published, but&nbsp;believed it might have been in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>I converted the original PDF files&nbsp;to JPEGs, and offer them to you here now as&nbsp;an interesting&nbsp;look back to the days when saxophones were advertised&nbsp;using drawings, rather than through&nbsp;professionally lit&nbsp;photography.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/vintage-ads\/vintage-orsi-catalogue\/soprano-models\">Soprano Models<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/vintage-ads\/vintage-orsi-catalogue\/pro-alto-tenor\">Pro Alto &amp; Tenor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/vintage-ads\/vintage-orsi-catalogue\/bari-models\">Bari Models<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/vintage-ads\/vintage-orsi-catalogue\/bass\">Bass<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/vintage-ads\/vintage-orsi-catalogue\/contrabass\">Contrabass<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/vintage-ads\/vintage-orsi-catalogue\/student-models\">Student Models<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In spring of 2009, I was contacted by a fellow in Europe who happened to stumble across my blog, and noticed that I had written&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":209,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-864","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This vintage Orsi catalogue has no date stamp. 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