Grassiknoll
10-01-2009, 05:43 AM
Hi all, just wanted to pop up and say hello. I'm a new player and just picked up a Grassi Tenor about 4 hours ago! Thought I'd join the site as there seems to be a lot of information (Even if it's a bit of a mystery, it's still better than NO information!) about the Grassi's. I'm not sure exactly what mine is but it doesn't matter, it sounds GREAT to me and I'm very pleased with it. I used the site to research them a bit before hand and one popped up locally so I picked it up today on a bit of a whim. It's my first horn. I've been renting a YTS-23 for a few months (It's been very good to me!) but I thought I'd go for something a little bit different. . and in my price range.
The one I picked up today has been hibernating for about 15 years, it has the original green pads and the "Jade rollers" The serial number range is 21xxx I played it top to bottom with no apparent issues. Even sitting in a closet for 15 years hasn't seemed to hurt it much. The case is original and solid. It came with a couple of older mouthpieces but I haven't had a chance to try them out yet. I'll get it checked out though, and then look forward to playing the hell out of it. :D
I'll use the forum to research it a bit more...
Cheers!!
The one I picked up today has been hibernating for about 15 years, it has the original green pads and the "Jade rollers" The serial number range is 21xxx I played it top to bottom with no apparent issues. Even sitting in a closet for 15 years hasn't seemed to hurt it much. The case is original and solid. It came with a couple of older mouthpieces but I haven't had a chance to try them out yet. I'll get it checked out though, and then look forward to playing the hell out of it. :D
I'll use the forum to research it a bit more...
Cheers!!