Neil Sharpe
03-13-2007, 01:04 PM
A tenor sax engraved with the name "Conte Lyra" was listed on Ebay. The seller thought that a number of the features -"the body brace and the low C and D# keys" - were consistent with those of R & C horns.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=180092294259&rd=1&rd=1
However, when Rampone & Cazzani was asked whether this was one of their stencils, they replied:
"It is MAYBE an ALFONSO RAMPONE, not a R&C. ALFONSO RAMPONE was a cousin of the original Rampones. He ran his own factory, manufacturing pretty good horns from 1932 to 1974." [their capitals].
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=180092294259&rd=1&rd=1
However, when Rampone & Cazzani was asked whether this was one of their stencils, they replied:
"It is MAYBE an ALFONSO RAMPONE, not a R&C. ALFONSO RAMPONE was a cousin of the original Rampones. He ran his own factory, manufacturing pretty good horns from 1932 to 1974." [their capitals].