Question About Keilworth ST 90

[FrankB2]

There's a Keilworth ST 90 on ebay right now. There's no reserve, and
the seller is within 30 minutes of me, sooooo.... Does the ST 90 have
a high F# key???? The description on music123.com says NO, but
the seller says yes. He has one of those moving image picture thingies,
but from what I can see there doesn't appear to be a high F# hole,
unless Keilworth's holes are configured differently. Keilworth's website
says the ST 90 II DOES have a high F# key, however. Thanks! The
horn is listed as new, and looks nice.

Frank

[FrankB2]

Hmmm, That should ahve read ST90 Series III. Are those buggers made
in Asia?????? Thanks Again.

Frank

[FrankB2]

Alrighty<GRIN>. I squinted as quickly as possible, and it does appear
that the ebay sax has the MOP high F# key. If it's a Taiwan made
sax.....??????

Frank

[singlereed]

I think most of the STs are Taiwanese. I say most because I think some sizes may be made in Eastern Europe. They are competent student saxes but have nothing in common with the German made EX and SX series.

[FrankB2]

Thanks. You've confirmed my suspicion, and I think I had confused
the ST 90 with the SX 90 when I placed bid. Fortunately, somebody
outbid me last night, so....<G>.

Frank

[john]

Frank B2,
Don't forget to retract your bid. If a bidder above you retracts you could still find yourself as the high bidder. By ebay rules you're stuck.

This happened to me a couple years ago. I was out bid, apparently by a shill, who withdrew the high bid at the last minute. In the interim I had won another horn with "buy it now". Imagine my surprise at having to buy 2 horns! :shock:

The shill thing is very hard to prove so I just bought the second horn (sold it later at a profit).

good luck. BTW the ST's are Asian horns. Some are good some aren't. These you really need to play before you buy if your serious aboout playing.

john

[FrankB2]

Hmmm, I should retract the bid now that you mention it. This seller
has 160 positives, but in the last month or so, has incurred 9 negs!!!
It could have been him outbidding me. Yikes....switching to ebay.

Frank