Dearman sax - what is it?

[girl]

I've borrowed an old tenor sax - a Dearman. Does anyone have any info on what this is? Is it any good?

[stitch]

It's almost certainly a stencil horn - that is one made by one of the major manufacturers for another company/music shop to put their name on. Check http://www.saxpics.com/infonmisc/stencils.htm and http://www.drrick.com/index.html to find out more.

[AJS]

Dearman as far as I know originated in the U.K. and was manufactured up until the 1950's.
I have a "New Super Dearman" silver plated alto which is much better quality than most new intermediate types on the market. The tenor could be worth trying.
Regards
Alistair

[davecarville]

I know its an old thread, but i have a super dearman Bari and i'm 99% certain its a conn copy. What are the chances that it is actually a conn?

[stitch]

What are the chances that it is actually a conn?

Slim.

[BOPITY FUNK]

Dearman saxes used to be quite common in UK way back. Dearman was a 'house brand' for one of the big music companies/importers of the day.Some were very good acoustically, based on Conn with RTH's. These probably were made by Dorfler&Jorka in Germany or C/Slovakia. Others later i have heard were made in Italy minus RTH's and not so good. Keywork was usually a mish-mash of Conn,Buescher,with a few Teutonic touches.
Regards BF

[Kritavi]

I have an old Dearman mouthpiece that seems to hae been perhaps a partial design influence for Geoff Lawton with a sliding lig and cap. Very nice to look at, no idea how it plays.

[milandro]

Dearman were probably made everywhere where they happen to be sourced at any given time, that includes Germany (west and east) Bohemia and in all likelihood , Italy by Rampone (probabaly Agostino if not Rampone & Cazzani) read THIS (http://www.saxontheweb.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=86628)

[stitch]

Dearman were probably made everywhere where they happen to be sourced at any given time, that includes Germany (west and east) Bohemia and in all likelihood , Italy by Rampone (probabaly Agostino if not Rampone & Cazzani)[/URL]

... and the Master Model in France, most likely by Pierret.