Beaugnier soprano

[djez4fun]

Next week I'm going to play a Beaugnier soprano serial 20XXX. If the intonation and sound are as promised by the owner I will buy it. The horn needs a proper revision, but with all the comments (no so much, I know) I found on internet this sax could be a nice one.
But can anyone tell me how old this horn is? I guess it is one of the last horns Beaugnier made (production stopped in 1967) Are there owners of a Leblanc soprano that was made in the mid 60's. I might be a Beaugnier as well, so we could share some ideas.
If you want to see pics of the horn...
http://www.saxpics.com/the_gallery/Leblanc/beaugnier/sopranos/20958-Edwin_van_Druten/

If I become the owner I certainly will post a review.

[djez4fun]

For the curious ones:
I bought the soprano. Most of the corks were missing, but intontion was still pretty well. It sounded nice (had to test it outside, on the park area of a zoo! :? )
My tech was surprised about the horn. For an instrument of this age it was in very good shape. Mechanic was ok. The silver plate is better/thicker then the one on a new Selmer. Everything was straight, toneholes were round, ... so maybe I'm going to have a nice horn!
He'll work on it this week (complete overhaul)...I'm becoming more and more impatient! Please, ease my mind!
To be continued...

[The Martin]

I'm curious...
How did it came out the overhaul?

[djez4fun]

Believe it or not...I had my horn back after 3 months :x
But maybe my 'take your time' wasn't that clever! :)
The result... the sound is great. Less dark than before the overhaul (due to metal resonators). But still a nice, warm sound. It plays oh so light, some of the springs were replaced with stronger ones (low notes). Maybe I should call this one the 'butter-cutter'
The technician did a nice job anyway! 100% leakproof!
Still got slight problems with the high notes (palm keys) (certainly me! Or mpc-reed combination).
The C# is ok with octave + LH3, not on the 'normal' way. But besides that, the intonation is great. A bit more/less lip-pressure now and than and it plays lovely.
Now all I have to do is practise and practise. It's no alto
So, my conclusion, I bought a nice horn from a nice guy for a reasonable price! Although the deal was made on the parking of a zoo, this was no monkey business:D
I'll send you some pics!
How about the Chu?

[The Martin]

I'm glad it worked out right..
And thanks for the "nice guy", I'm flattered.

The Chu gets played less now, because I stopped playing in that BigBand.
Still needs some work, but thats has to wait.

Have fun

[Tryptykon]

Here's my a couple of shots of my Beaugnier/Vito stencil soprano:


http://www.tenormadness.com/images/productFullsize/23672VitoSopranoSax1.jpg

http://www.tenormadness.com/images/productFullsize/23672VitoSopranoSax2.jpg